What temp will fry the eggs?

[Kiwi Chicky]

I'm having a little trouble stabilising the temperature.

What temp do they die?
How long does it need to be that high?

 

[Akane]

They will eventually die if over 103F but it will take awhile. Closer to a day than hours. I would say 106F is probably the point at which it's nearly guranteed you've lost one unless you caught it within 30-60mins and cooled the incubator immediately. Air temperatures change quicker than internal egg temperatures so the egg may not yet be at the temp the thermometer says. If the incubator took 4hours to get from 102 to 106 then even if you saw the temp within minutes of it reading 106 the eggs are probably already there and dead. If the incubator spikes from 102-106 in minutes then the inside of the egg is probably not anywhere close to 106 yet and you will likely save most if not all of them.

 

[Kiwi Chicky]

Thank you Akane

I think I might go and buy some more thermometers so I can take an average reading

 

[2txmedics]

kiwi...*shaking head*...u gonna sleep tonight? ...106 is way too much...for me in my head I made 100.5 "MY" RED ZONE...that to me means watch it close and start doing something...dont want to chance it. But that is me...you reallydont want it to go over 101.0 if your doing a fan in the bator...

 

[Kiwi Chicky]

hey 2Txmedics

It's only 2.30pm here

Should the temp be 99 at the bottom on the wire tray or on the top of the eggs?

I'm getting two different readings

Edited to add - I'm using a hovabator with the fan

 

[bigdawg]

with fan 99.5 on top of the eggs. without a fan 101.5 on top of the eggs good luck

 

[walkswithdog]

I had a viable chick hatch - mind you just one of a dozen but still, hatch after a temp spike of 134. Yes, 134. His name is Faith, he hatched a week after the spike with help, he had another sib who hatched but then died.

Just don't give up on any hatch even with a "deadly spike" - miracles are out there. Faith is my miracle BC Marans and would not have happened if I'd just tossed all those eggs after the spike. Hence Faith, faith to go on and try.

And after a year of nearly 80% roos, my lone marans may indeed be a girl. And wouldn't that be something.

Regardless of swings - let em run full term. Many times, nature finds a way anyway.

 

[sethsleader]

Im with walkwithdog, positive thinking is the way forward.

 

[BroomFarm]

Ok, at the risk of suffering endless castigation from many respondents...

It requires 158 degrees, Fahrenheit, for an egg to solidify, but to actually "fry" an egg requires a bit more temperature than that. According to my (highly inaccurate) kitchen thermometer, the surface of the pan is 275 degrees when properly frying an egg...any higher and I get those annoying crunchy strips around the edge.

By the way, what is a "bator" ?

 

[walkswithdog]

Bator is shorthand for INCUBATOR.

And while 134 might not actually fry and egg, it will kill most live embryonic chicks in eggs. Hence the word fried. It certainly was cooked beyond it's capacity to LIVE.

I'm still surprised that at that temp any survived to hatch at all.

Sustained periods over 105 do consistenly kill part or most of a hatch. Also often refered to as cooked or fried. Losses result.

Running up to an internal temp of 102 or 103 consistently will lower hatch rates and cause early hatching often with attendant early problems like unabsorbed yolks and "water chicks" (puffy water filled looking little spuds). Chicks often die after hatch.

Consistently low temps 98-99 over an entire incubation will often produce slow or late hatches, toe and foot problems, chicks stuck after pipping, and death after hatch.

In an INCUBATION forum, where incubators are discussed - bator would be common slang, and the topic would generally refer to the heat, or lack there of, in a incubator during the incubation process, and what is being incubated on a Backyard Chicken Forum is usually some form of poultry, most often, chickens.

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