Temp Spike?!!

[thejaxx]

I have NO idea what happened! Everything was going fine in my lil giant, even a couple hours ago.

I had got 8 Ayam Cemani eggs, put em in on July 25th. I did a candle last night and culled another three eggs, leaving me with 3 that had movement going on.

I went down to move laundry to dryer and just looked at the incubator, the temp was 113! How does it get that high when it's set to 99.3 (calibrated)???

I don't see movement, it's been 3-4 hours since I saw the temp being 99.

Do you think there's any hope?!

 

[Pyxis]

Sorry about this

LGs are notoriously unreliable. I had two and will never use one again if I can help it. There is a chance that the eggs survived if the inside of the eggs didn't heat up to 104 degrees. Give them a little while to get back down to normal temperatures and then candle again and see if you see movement.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Oh no! I'm so sorry. That's very high. I just had 1 chick hatch from a batch that went up to 104 for a short period. That was the second such spike in a jury rigged incubator. Only 2 chicks survived. I lost 4-5 viable eggs each spike.

 

[thejaxx]

Unfortunately when I laser probed the temp, the shell was 108.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Bummer Their probably gone but keep checking them until you're certain. You never know.

 

[JaeG]

Shell temperature doesn't represent internal temperature. It takes awhile for the temperature to penetrate right through the egg to the foetus. Give the eggs a chance and don't give up until you are sure they've died. Watch the veins - they will thin and start to disappear if the chick has died.

 

[thejaxx]

Sad to say it appears they are gone. Really bummed by this.

I broke one open to see how far it had got, it looks like the chick was fully formed and the yolk was 1/4 the size. They were just a few days from hatching.

 

[JaeG]

I'm so sorry!