She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

I think they will be okay. Your hatch might be delayed a little bit and technically there are some other complications that can happen from low temps late in incubation but honestly, I think they will be fine!!
This happened in one of my brinsea mini's. The temp totally plummeted on day 21 in the middle of hatch! Thankfully I had another one that I could squeeze them all into. I called brinsea and it was covered under warranty. I shipped it into them and about 2 weeks later they shipped it back all fixed up.
that's what I am hoping Ruby. That they hatch in good health if at all. I will feel so bad if they hatch all messed up because of a mistake I should not have made. I will give Brinsea a call and see what we can do to remedy this. thanks everyone for the reassurance. I figured there was no way they were alive.
 
Well, it's been a week of not-so-patiently waiting and we candled last night. How exciting! This is our first incubating experience and I can see how people get hooked. So incredibly cool to see the little guys moving and the veining. My kids got to watch - my 10 year old son was mildly interested but my 6 year old daughter stayed and candled all of them with me.

I set 32 in all in 3 days - so yesterday was day 7 for the first 20. I went ahead and candled the other 12 and I could see development enough to make calls on them as well. I ended up pulling 7 and cracked them open, I believe they were all infertile - so no fault of the bator. They were mostly from 2 hens, 3 eggs each, and then 1 other hen, so that makes sense. I bought 8 Marans eggs and for sure 6 are developing, 2 I was unsure of so left them in. I was unsure of 1 or 2 other of my dark brown eggs so I left those in as well.

The Hova-bator is performing well I think, but I do have to fiddle with it, which is frustrating. It is maintaining temps between 99 and 100 and humidity is usually about 25%. About twice a day I add a bit of water and let the humidity get up to 35-40% and then drop down again to 25%. From what I could see of the air cells they looked right for the stage of development they are in.

All and all I'm pleased and hopeful will have healthy chicks in 2 weeks!
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my lovely Brinsea Octogon will for SURE be going back to Brinsea. day 12 of my second set of eggs and the temp dropped again. This time down to 97 degrees.

Please tell me al 18 of my fertile growing eggs are not toast?

Help...........

If I were you I would watch room temperature and see if it is dropping too .A several degree drop in room temperature can cause any incubator to drop . Brinsea is all plastic heat loss will be rapid . as long as the temperature drop was just for a short time . I wouldn't think they would be bothered much. Your fourteen day candle will tell you a lot. Good luck with the hatch
 
We hatched our very first royal palm turkey egg today! Hoping for many more.

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Congrats!!!


Awe!! They are gorgeous birds. I've neer been a turkey person, but the more I see them, the more I love them.


Seriously, I bet you would love them... super snuggly, sweet, and very talkative...
 

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