Today is day 4 & the temp in my Eco 20 got up to 101.5F for an hour!

[Kelly G]

*sigh* I left my husband in charge after adjusting the temp UP as it was a bit low. It jumped to 101.5 while he watched frickin' Star Trek and drank wine. I'm soooo mad.

I was gone for about an hour and a half - is it all a loss, now???

I had JUST candled the eggs toay and could see all kinds of veins developing in a TON of the eggs. *sigh*

SO MAD!!!

 

[Baralak]

Na.. you should be ok.. Just get that temp back down to 99.5.. Use the glass thermometer in your bator to verify your temps.. for my test that I am reporting on another thread, I have 3 thermometers in my Octagon 20, 2 from the same manufacture.. all 3 show different readings..lol

 

[Kelly G]

I so hope so.......I'm going to be so disappointed.

 

[crtrlovr]

shouldn't be a problem. If it had gotten a few degrees higher for longer, then yeah, but not 2 degrees for an hour. Should be fine.

 

[Robo]

That won't hurt you at all.

 

[minihorse927]

You do not have to worry unless you get it over 103 degrees for several hours. I have hatched many batched of chicks at 101 and even a batch or two at 102 becuase the incubator was not cooperating with me. Just makes the chicks cook a little faster at higher temperatures.

 

[Kelly G]

Thanks, guys! I'm losing my mind, here!

....fortunately my husband has had enough wine to not know that I was annoyed with him!