Yikes my incubator temp was at 117* this morning!!!

[kuperjolene]

Oh my goodness! I just put my eggs in the incubator last night and the temp was 99.5* when I woke up this morning it was at 117* I am not sure how long it was there and I got it down right away. But I am nervous that my little babies are ruined! I am an exteme newbie at this. Any help or advice?

Thanks,

 

[Fred's Hens]

One thing to always do is to test run your incubator, using water bottles as egg stand ins, for 2 days or so before setting eggs. But, that train has already left the station.

That is an extremely high temperature which can kill the embryonic cells.

All you can do at this point is carry on. Around day 12, you should be able to candle them and decide if you see anything forming, or if you need to just pitch them and start over.

So sorry for this.

 

[midget_farms]

no way they survived that temp - they will die at 105* Sorry - but like Fred said you can let it ride for a week just to be sure.

Also like Fred said - run the bator for a couple days before putting in an egg -


Sorry

 

[kuperjolene]

Shoot! I ran it for 2 days and it was perfect at 99.5*, not sure what happened once I put them in.

 

[midget_farms]

Sometimes the jostling of adding the eggs is enough to move the thermo

 

[kuperjolene]

maybe a little chic miracle will happen and we will have some that survived the heat wave!

 

[ChickenRose]

Just the opposite of too hot. Last night a possum chased my setting hen off her eggs. They were probably without her setting on them for 6 hrs???????? She got back on immediately this morning. The eggs were cold to touch . Temp got to 40 degrees last night. This would be their 13th day of incubation. Is there a way to tell if the embryos survived?

Nedd help on this. Thanks.

 

[Fred's Hens]

This isn't ideal, but is a much better scenario. Leave her be. My guess is that while this pushed the extreme edge of things, the embryos just suspended for 5 hours and she'll be back to making them grow even now.

 

[ChickenRose]

This isn't ideal, but is a much better scenario. Leave her be. My guess is that while this pushed the extreme edge of things, the embryos just suspended for 5 hours and she'll be back to making them grow even now.

Thanks. That is what I wanted to hear. Got the Hav-A-Heart trap out and will take brother possum to the river and turn him loose.

She an excellent setter. I wondered if this happens in nature like with wild turkeys.

Thanks

 

[midget_farms]

Eggs do well with cold but not heat. They may hatch a day later but there is a good chance they will be ok. If that happened in the last few days it would be worse