Temp got up to 103.... is it over?

[wjallen05]

I used the thermometer that came w/ the incubator and had it set right under 100 degrees. Yesterday I bought a digital therm that also reads the humidity level. When I put it in the bator, it went up to 103. I turned the bator down so the digital one is now reading 99. But, the other one is around 90. I put the regular therm outside this morning and it read 32 degrees. Online it said it was 29 degrees and our outdoor therm read 30. So, I know it is off by a few degrees. Anyway, so basically, the first 24 hours that the eggs were in the bator, it was around 102. Is it over for them or is there hope?

 

[rizq]

The thing about thermometers is that being off a few degrees at one temp does not necessarily mean only a few degrees at another temp. I believe they are exponential and the farther the temp is from freezing, the more the therm. will be off.

 

[what was i thinking]

you should still be still ok.... take a deep breath. get that thing dialed in and you should be fine.

 

[CovenantCreek]

103 shouldn't be enough to cause problems -- just be extra vigilant about keeping the temp right from here on out

 

[rizq]

Also, those thermometers that come with the incubators are notoriously inaccurate. It may not hurt to pick up another thermometer (maybe a non-digital, I think the dial therms are supposed to be the most accurate?) to triple check the temp. Digital therms are not always accurate either. I would love to get a nice scientific therm myself ... someday

 

[ruth]

They should be fine. I've had spikes of up to 108 and they were o.k. I find that between the styrofoam bator and the thermometer, it's hard to get a steady temp.

It's recommended to keep the still air bator at 101 anyway so 102 or 103 isn't that far off for a short term spike.

 

[AHappychick]

you should be ok, I had a spike that went up to 106 I was sure all were dead ran around for the whole day sying itd done they arent gonna hatch, but they did, they are strong determined little buggers! Good luck!

 

[L*A*G*]

no, not over. u should be ok.

 

[krcote]

I just hatched with an 80% success rate and my temps were all over- 98-104! The thermometor my hovabator always said about 4 whole degrees higher than my digital- go figure. So really, I have no idea what my real temps were

You will be just fine!

 

[what was i thinking]

are you using the one that came with the bator, if so i would throw that one out. i didn't have a hatch out of my first two batches.... it was the one that came with it... now i have babies everywhere....