My toddler unplugged my incubator!!

[ctaynton]

I have 32 eggs in my incubator that are due to hatch on the 16th. Well, last night I went in to check humidity and it was unplugged! The temp was at 85 degrees and humidity was up to 70 percent! I know it could have only been that way for 2 hours at the most. Do you think they will be okay?

 

[mom'sfolly]

Probably. Ms. Hen will get off eggs and be busy for a while. It might slow your hatch, but I think it will be okay. Naughty kiddo!!!

 

[teresa-78]

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Hiya, I would not worry, what I have read on here is that you should not give up, as the mummy hen would get off her batch of eggs for upto a couple of hours a day, so fingers crossed your babies will be ok

 

[terrilhb]

Good luck. Hope all works out.

 

[chicken-owner-31]

I've got my fingers crossed for you!!

 

[MuranoFarms]

Eggs should be fine......but it could have been worse......you could have had a toddler covered in egg goo and baby chickies

 

[chicken-owner-31]

True. Or an elcectrocuted kiddo!

 

[gitlost80]

So far I have caught my temps at 104, and once it was down to 94 when I got up one morning.It had been that way for a couple of hours! I have candled since then and they are alive still. I put rocks in the bottom of my incubator so that if the power is off for a short amount of time, the rocks will still hold the heat for a while. I have a 20 month old so I know how you feel. Just in case,I duct taped my plug into the outlet,then staple gunned the tape to the wall.HaHa.

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

We lost power for 6 hours+ at about that time in the hatch and the temperature got much lower than that. We did have a late pipper that I believe was because of it.

 

[teresa-78]

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Good plan