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I'm heartbroken. I had 17 duck eggs that were developing great. Day 11 (yesterday) I candled a few and they were moving around in their shells. I have been so excited. I have a little giant still air with fan in it to circulate the air. I have been watching it like a hawk because I've heard they aren't very reliable. I have two additional thermometers/humidity monitors. Calibrated them both a few days ago, great right?
I turned the eggs and said goodnight at midnight last night. Woke up a little before 3 to use the bathroom. Checked on the incubator. Heat was up to 122 degrees. LG digital read said 99.3 but I know that is wrong and my two accurate monitors said 121 and 122. I cried. I took the lid off and immediately tried to cool the eggs down hoping that maybe it just happened but the eggs were hot. I cooled them down anyway and I have them in a new incubator but I'm sure they are lost. I'll candle them tonight but I probably have little duck omlets in the shells.
When I started this project I was like "it will be interesting but I'm sure none will hatch". As I've seen them start to develop I got more and more excited and hopeful. This has been a big part of my life and now I'm just so sad. I know it was only 11 days but that's just how I feel. Thanks for listening.
 
:hugs I am so so sorry for your loss.

I've done the same- the incubator thermometer read 37.5'C but the actual temp was a lot higher. Hopefully a little duck has survived, if not don't beat yourself up too bad and try again.
 
Oh no!! So, so sorry! That is terrible. Fingers crossed that maybe a few survived.
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There is hope! I don't know how but I spot candled about 8 of the eggs and I had 5 moving around inside! I don't want to mess with them too much after the trauma of last night so I just misted them and put the lid back on the incubator. I will do my official candling on Saturday night to see how the air pockets look. I do have a dumb question though. Of the eggs that did die, how long will it take them to explode? I didn't trace their air pockets or even candle all of them. I was just going to trace the air cells on Saturday. If the bad eggs will explode before then, I'll do it sooner but I just don't want to mess with them too much right now. I also feel like just because I can't see them move, it doesn't mean they have died right? They could just be sleeping like a baby would in the womb. Can I get some advice on what everyone would do if they were in this situation? Thank you.
 
Well I figured out what the problem with my incubator was and I feel like such a boob. When I misted the eggs, the sensor got wet and that caused the temp to spike. I know this because it almost happened again the other day. Temp spiked to 104. I caught it right away so it's all good. I dried the sensor and it's been working like a champ. My hovabator on the other hand...
 
mich9510 said:
Well I figured out what the problem with my incubator was and I feel like such a boob. When I misted the eggs, the sensor got wet and that caused the temp to spike. I know this because it almost happened again the other day. Temp spiked to 104. I caught it right away so it's all good. I dried the sensor and it's been working like a champ. My hovabator on the other hand...
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Good Luck! I'm glad that you've solved the problem with your incubator and I'm even glader that some of your duckies are still alive. keep us posted :)
 

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