- Feb 2, 2011
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So I had two dozen chicken eggs, 7 midget white turkey eggs, and 6 Saxony eggs in the hova bator... On day 20, for some inexplicable reason, the bator temp went up to 105 degrees and wasn't noticed for 6-8 hours.
Clearly a disaster. It cooked everything in the bator, with the exception of three saxony eggs. Up till then my humidity was about 50-60%, temp about 99/100.
The problem is, I'm now on day 38 (really). I know I've had temperature issues but this is ridiculous.
This morning before I left for work, all three babies were squirming. When I got home just now, one of them wasn't moving so I panicked and OPENED THE EGG... Made a small hole in the air cell and saw the inner membrane had a lot of blood vessels on it and bled the tiniest bit when I put a wet q-tip on it and then THE DUCKLING MOVED so then I REALLY panicked and left everything, covered the egg with a damp paper towel and put it back in the bator.
Have I killed the duckling?!? What should I do?!? PLEASE HELP!!!
Clearly a disaster. It cooked everything in the bator, with the exception of three saxony eggs. Up till then my humidity was about 50-60%, temp about 99/100.
The problem is, I'm now on day 38 (really). I know I've had temperature issues but this is ridiculous.
This morning before I left for work, all three babies were squirming. When I got home just now, one of them wasn't moving so I panicked and OPENED THE EGG... Made a small hole in the air cell and saw the inner membrane had a lot of blood vessels on it and bled the tiniest bit when I put a wet q-tip on it and then THE DUCKLING MOVED so then I REALLY panicked and left everything, covered the egg with a damp paper towel and put it back in the bator.
Have I killed the duckling?!? What should I do?!? PLEASE HELP!!!