The Duck Thread

[caesargirl]

i check it every 20 minutes. So no longer then 20 mins. They are 4 days into incubation and its a still air incubator.

The less than 20 minute time frame, is good news. Have you figured out why it happened?

 

[hhbirdlover]

The less than 20 minute time frame, is good news. Have you figured out why it happened?

i tampered with the themomator, so it is sadley my fault. I was suppose to lay it on the eggs but didnt think to. I removed it from its plastic and taped it egg level. My mother in law is watching it now. Everyone thinks im crazy at the house being this obbssesed with my birds, but i love all animals, and are resposible for the ones( born or unborn) in my care.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

Since my husband and i marfied i have no life. Its out of boredom and lack of trust for the incubater i check that often. Its new. And yes i have the digital themator it came with and a mecury themtor taped to the egg turner egglevel. The mercury is the one i trust

If neither of the things I said in the last post (room temp and sun) apply, I really encourage you to contact the manufacturer to see if they have any advice. Explain to them that you can't afford an incubator that won't maintain the correct temp. Maybe they'll say there's something you can adjust (which I doubt) or that they'll send you a replacement. If they offer to do the latter, I'd ask them if they can rush the shipping since you already have very expensive eggs in the other one and you have no time to waste on this. I would definitely not tell them you check it every 20 minutes because they might take the fact that you can do that as less of an urgent situation than if you were away at work all day. This could also be happening overnight, assuming you don't get up every 20 minutes at night to check them, and you'd never know it if the temp normalizes by the time you check in the morning. The first week is the very worst time to have this happening.

Also, not sure if you did this before, but you want to take them out for maybe 5 minutes if this happens again. Eggs that have been in a severely overheated incubator should always be removed asap for a few minutes to try to limit the damage. This is kind of the same concept as with making hard boiled eggs. You don't just take them off the stove at a certain time, you also rinse them several times in cold water because they continue to cook if you don't even after they're off the heat. I'm not saying you should rinse them, refrigerate them, anything like that. Just set them out of the incubator to let them cool and get their interior temp back to what it should be, and make sure the incubator is back to the correct temp before you put them back in.

Very best wishes!

 

[hhbirdlover]

Btw, Im tyler, and my husband and i thank you for yalls help

 

[hhbirdlover]

If neither of the things I said in the last post (room temp and sun) apply, I really encourage you to contact the manufacturer to see if they have any advice. Explain to them that you can't afford an incubator that won't maintain the correct temp. Maybe they'll say there's something you can adjust (which I doubt) or that they'll send you a replacement. If they offer to do the latter, I'd ask them if they can rush the shipping since you already have very expensive eggs in the other one and you have no time to waste on this. I would definitely not tell them you check it every 20 minutes because they might take the fact that you can do that as less of an urgent situation than if you were away at work all day. This could also be happening overnight, assuming you don't get up every 20 minutes at night to check them, and you'd never know it if the temp normalizes by the time you check in the morning. The first week is the very worst time to have this happening.

Also, not sure if you did this before, but you want to take them out for maybe 5 minutes if this happens again. Eggs that have been in a severely overheated incubator should always be removed asap for a few minutes to try to limit the damage. This is kind of the same concept as with making hard boiled eggs. You don't just take them off the stove at a certain time, you also rinse them several times in cold water because they continue to cook if you don't even after they're off the heat. I'm not saying you should rinse them, refrigerate them, anything like that. Just set them out of the incubator to let them cool and get their interior temp back to what it should be, and make sure the incubator is back to the correct temp before you put them back in.

Very best wishes!

i have done this as since a child. And yes i took them out and let them cool. Im on way to get a new incubator and no, i dont check at night. They are on time in incubation, and when hatched if hatched will post pics of the little buggers.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

i tampered with the themomator, so it is sadley my fault. I was suppose to lay it on the eggs but didnt think to. I removed it from its plastic and taped it egg level. My mother in law is watching it now. Everyone thinks im crazy at the house being this obbssesed with my birds, but i love all animals, and are resposible for the ones( born or unborn) in my care.

Glad to hear it's not a defective incubator. I posted my last message at the same time you posted this one. I don't think you're crazy at all. We're like that with our eggs as well, and they aren't worth (monetarily) nearly that much.

 

[hhbirdlover]

Glad to hear it's not a defective incubator. I posted my last message at the same time you posted this one. I don't think you're crazy at all. We're like that with our eggs as well, and they aren't worth (monetarily) nearly that much.

they are ayam cemani eggs, a breed of indonesian chickens that are about 199 a chick from the hatchery. I decided eggs cause it was my best bet to get them

 

[Julie Birb]

You'll probably be fine if it was that short a time and they're in a still air incubator. Have you identified what caused the spike? I doubt they're going to survive if they keep having spikes like that since that's 8 degrees over what it should be for still air. High incubator temps are far more dangerous and less likely to be survived than low ones (within limits, of course). Is the incubator in a room that has big temp swings or setting in a place where sun could hit it at any time of the day?

Thanks @casportpony
and @Julie Bird
. I have had no time to be on BYC since Tuesday night. I'd be freaking out if I paid that much for hatching eggs and had the least little thing go wrong. Yikes!

You are so welcome Gina. And thank you for helping.

 

[casportpony]

@hhbirdlover , welcome to BYC!

-Kathy

 

[hhbirdlover]

Glad to hear it's not a defective incubator. I posted my last message at the same time you posted this one. I don't think you're crazy at all. We're like that with our eggs as well, and they aren't worth (monetarily) nearly that much.

and for the record, no animal, no matter price, holds more or less worth in my eyes.