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[ronott1]

Ok guys, this morning Ive check the incubator and the temp reading was 114*F, I was so puzzled and slightly panic since the incubator was only used 2x last spring. I’ve unplug it and plug it back but still the same. I had to meet someone for few hours so I decided to leave it unplug.

I came back at 2:30s pm and disassembled the Brinsea II Mini EX and found out the fan was not working since the little socket got loose. I Plug it back and it’s working perfect, humidity and temps are perfect. Now my concern is are these eggs ruined? Since it’s only been incubating for less than 24 hours? I’m not sure if the 114 reading was accurate since there was no fan circulation at that time. Could it be that the Level of the eggs temp was cooler? Should I chuck the eggs and start again?

Nice fix!

Fans make a big difference in those incubators

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Even though it was in less than twenty four hours I fear the internal temps got above the point of no return.

TABLE 2.—Lethal exposure time for th
embryo when the internal egg temperature
was maintained at 110"F.
ing
Days of
incubation
0
4
7
9
13
14
15
18
19
20
o. of
trials*
2
1

 

[ronott1]

Even though it was in less than twenty four hours I fear the internal temps got above the point of no return.

TABLE 2.—Lethal exposure time for th
embryo when the internal egg temperature
was maintained at 110"F.
ing
Days of
incubation
0
4
7
9
13
14
15
18
19
20
o. of
trials*
2
1

Candle them in a couple of days-- or on day 7 as normal to see how they are doing.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Even though it was in less than twenty four hours I fear the internal temps got above the point of no return. You'll have to be the judge. It takes an egg an awful long time to change internal temp.

I can't seem to cut and paste the table of study done but will say the result for 0 days (less than 24 hours). If internal temperature of egg was 110F for 120 minutes it's lethal.

It's surprisingly less time day 4, 10 minutes, and by day 9 took over 600 minutes to kill the embryo. Then declines as days of incubation progress. By day 13 took only 300 minutes at 110 F to terminate.

In same paper it showed it takes an hour of fresh laid eggs internal temp to reach 29 degree in -10 F temperature. 29 F is lethal to embryo. Kinda shows how slow internal temp responds to environment.

 

[2Chic]

Late checking in but we put 29 eggs in yesterday around 11am. 5 Dominique, 2 Partridge Wyandotte & the remainder were bantam New Hampshires. Pic is our NH breeding pen.

 

[ronott1]

Even though it was in less than twenty four hours I fear the internal temps got above the point of no return. You'll have to be the judge. It takes an egg an awful long time to change internal temp.

I can't seem to cut and paste the table of study done but will say the result for 0 days (less than 24 hours). If internal temperature of egg was 110F for 120 minutes it's lethal.

It's surprisingly less time day 4, 10 minutes, and by day 9 takes took over 600 minutes to kill the embryo. Then declines as days of incubation progress. By day 13 took only 300 minutes at 110 F to terminate.

It depends on how hot the eggs were at embryo level. It may not have been as hot there as it read.

Expect the worst though

 

[ronott1]

View attachment 1721892 Late checking in but we put 29 eggs in yesterday around 11am. 5 Dominique, 2 Partridge Wyandotte & the remainder were bantam New Hampshires. Pic is our NH breeding pen.

Nice!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hope you got your chicken eggs set yesterday! If not, there is a +/- 2 day window to get them set.

Once you have set all of your eggs, please post your total in this thread, so we can get them counted! We love pictures of your eggs, but please post your total number. @Auroradream26 has a lot to record, so lets make it easy on her and not make her count eggs in pictures!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Tomorrow is set day for Serama eggs!

seramas: 19 days to hatch; set April 1st​

 

[TJChickens]

Okay, so, yesterday I ended up setting 6 Serama eggs in the incubator. I also put in 1 silver pheasant egg and 5 Guinea eggs, but I don't know if those count since they will hatch later and I didn't really put them in, in time for the HAL. A peahen started setting yesterday as well!