Please help!

[ChickenPeep]

Uhoh, mine is about 89! What should i do!?!?!?!

 

[blefky]

I'm not familiar with that incubator, but most have a way of adjusting temperature. Have you checked for that? If there isn't a way to increase the temp, you might look at your vents - are they fully open? If so you could close them a bit to try and hold in some heat - but be sure not to close them all they way, as the chicks need an air exchange. Good luck.

 

[Chinchilla2]

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Aluminum foil behind the light. That'll increase the temp due to reflection. Also move it away from any drafty area. If necessary, you can also put a piece of foil along the lid as well, insuring you do not cover the vent hole on the top.

Forgot to add that you can do a Google for the directions to the Chick-a-bator from GQF. that's the incubator you have. It's a small project style 'bator that one can order complete with four quail eggs. I would recommend that if you do order another one, get it direct from GQF.

 

[OldChurchEggery1]

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Your eggs are probably not going to hatch if they've been kept at 89 degrees. Ideal egg storage temperature is between 45 and 55 degrees to prevent development but maintain fertility for up to 2 weeks. At close to 90 degrees and high humidity (courtesy of your wet paper towel), you've got a high possibility of significant bacterial growth. You'd probably have better luck locating a good quality cock bird. Lots of breeders offload surplus adult birds before winter and just about anyone with chickens has more males than he or she really wants! Just a word of caution- that incubator does not have a high success rate. I owned one a few years ago and never got a single egg to even begin developing with it.