temp problems

[raymondjames]

My incubator with chicken eggs (5-7 days old, depends on egg) for a brief period of time (5-7 minutes or so?) reached 115~ Farenheit. it dropped quickly to about 100~ as it was supposed do. are they dead? this is my first hatch so.. dont go superchicken on me

 

[pete55]

In all honesty 115F is not good but they may have survived. It really depends if the temperature was elevated for a long period and raised the internal temperature of the egg. Do you know why it spiked or was it the maximum temperature after closing the lid?

Pete

 

[raymondjames]

well my incubator is a cardboard box

and basically i put a bath towel on it when the temp gets too low. right now its at a PERFECT score 100 F. apparently when i left the towel there and came back temp is fine. 6 minutes later BAM 115. maybe only a few minutes id say. dont think that would be enough to heat up the insides. eggs got tough shells. YAH!