Ugh, think I just killed chicks in egg

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

Well first off im using one of those cheap little red thermomoters that you get with the ''chick-u-bator''

a little piece of the red stuff separated from the rest of the red stuff and i thought that i could you it by the start of where it separated would be the right temp. , but when i got home ( if what i think it right about the thermomoter ) it would have been like 108

im hoping the area of air the separates the two red masses heats up faster and pushed it up, . .. .... . .how do i tell if the eggs r alive, I also have no idea how long it was up that high

 

[BlaineWillard]

you can candle the eggs or i use a steascope like doctors use to see if i can hear the heart beats and the chick moving around in the egg. How many days are you into the hatch?

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

well they are button quail eggs and have only been incubating 8 days so I dont think I could see anything

 

[ranchhand]

You need an accurate thermometer. Preferably two! Shake down the one you have, until the air bubble is cleared, but definitely get another.

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

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how do i do that ?? just shake it with the bulb pointing down ?

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

omg forgot to put more water in the incubator, humidity was 25 . . . did i kill them again . ..

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

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their on day 12

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

anyone . . . help

 

[ChooksChick]

Don't worry about humidity until day 18- at least with chickens. I don't know that it would be any different with quail.

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

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OH THANK GOD !