This is an emergancy!!

[The Chickeneer]

I'm currently in lockdown right now, and check the bator like every 10 mins or so. I went to go check it a while ago and it was at 111 degrees!!! It's a still air incubaotr and they were only like this for 20 minuits at most. I took off the cap and let them cool for a couple of mins. by the time I put the cap on, the temp said 84* but I know eggs are denser and loose heat much slower so they could have been at like 90* internal egg temp but I don't know, but will they survive?

 

[speckledhen]

Depends on how long the temp was that high, really. It takes the internal temps much longer than air temp to come up. And I've had a thermometer register from 100 to 110 right in front of my eyes and I know for a fact, it did not go that high, it was a digital thermometer glitch. Maybe yours wasn't really that high.

Still airs are much harder to regulate, generally, more prone to temp spikes, but many folks hatch in them. I wouldn't lose hope.

 

[CarolJ]

I have an incubator with a fan that maintains heat very well. Then I saw what I thought was a really good bargain on a still air incubator - so I bought it to use as a hatcher. In my opinion, it was a waste of money because the temperature varies so much - no matter how much I watch it and fine-tune it.

 

[The Chickeneer]

Well, It's day 19 and I usualy hear peeps by now, but nothing. No little chirps or pips in the shell, I hope I didn't kill them

 

[nurse_turtle]

I'm going to assume you use a Little Giant styro bator. I used one once and temp spiked over night to 110. It fried 36 shipped eggs. I renamed mine the murder-bator and sold it after 1 use.

 

[The Chickeneer]

Yess its an LG

I've used it plenty times before, it's never done this. I hope one hatches......

 

[wvtim]

I am about ready to pitch my LG in the trash. I have been trying to hatch eggs since November and just had my first chicks hatch over the weekend. I know the eggs are fertile, I see the hens getting molested on a regular basis. I added a computer fan on the top of the LG to blow air down into the eggs and that seems to help with the temperature spiking. Before that I had spikes of 10 - 15 degrees - I tried every possible humidity levels I have seen suggested. Most of the chicks are forming, they just dont hatch. I would not buy another still air incubator.

 

[speckledhen]

IMO, it's always worth it to add that fan.

 

[SherrieT]

I believe the computer fan should be blowing the air up, not down onto the eggs. That is how the fan in my Hovabator is set.

I am about ready to pitch my LG in the trash. I have been trying to hatch eggs since November and just had my first chicks hatch over the weekend. I know the eggs are fertile, I see the hens getting molested on a regular basis. I added a computer fan on the top of the LG to blow air down into the eggs and that seems to help with the temperature spiking. Before that I had spikes of 10 - 15 degrees - I tried every possible humidity levels I have seen suggested. Most of the chicks are forming, they just dont hatch. I would not buy another still air incubator.