My Egg Turner Got Un Plugged

[SouthernMDChick]

I just realized my egg turner got unplugged. I don't know for how long or how. Whats the chance that my eggs will still hatch?

 

[Pyxis]

Don't worry, the turner getting uplugged for a day or a couple of days even likely isn't going to impact their hatching at all

 

[SouthernMDChick]

Thank you I have been worried all day I just realized it was unplugged and I have not been having much luck with this hatching thing

 

[Pyxis]

Yep, it takes some practice, especially if you don't have a 'set and forget' type of incubator. What are you hatching?

 

[SouthernMDChick]

Lavender Orpingtons I had a still air incubator and only 14 out of 41 eggs hatched about 3 weeks ago.

I got a new incubator with the fan for Valentines Day and was so excited and then realized the egg turner was un pluged I was hart broken

 

[WVduckchick]

What day are you on?

 

[Spottie]

What is an air incubator?

 

[Pyxis]

What is an air incubator?

A still air incubator is one that doesn't have a fan. An incubator with a fan is called a forced air incubator. The fan circulates the air and keeps everything a nice, even temperature. With a still air incubator this doesn't happen so you incubate at a different temperature than you do with a forced air incubator and you have to be on alert for pockets of different temperatures in different places of the incubator.

 

[Spottie]

Thanks for the info.

 

[SouthernMDChick]

I set my eggs on Friday February 20th so its been 10 Days and they are in a forced Air Incubator this time.