DRY INCUBATION TEMP SHOT UP

[KEarthman]

A friend is trying to dry hatch a large batch of eggs, which includes 7 of my eggs. everything had been going great until she came home from work today (day 7) at the temp was 107 or 108! What would y'all do?

 

[nuthatched]

What type of incubator? Is it still air or forced? Are the reading calibrated?

 

[Huntmaster]

I'm sure no idea how long it was that high? All you can do is get temp back down and hope for the best. You can candle eggs and in a few more days candle again and see if they are still developing/alive.

 

[Huntmaster]

104 for more than a few hours is usually fatal.

 

[hysop]

I’ve had temps jump up that high and I’m not sure if the temperature reading was wrong or what but I actually had a 100% fertility and hatch rate from that batch. I will note that I switched incubators after the temp spike.

 

[Huntmaster]

I’ve had temps jump up that high and I’m not sure if the temperature reading was wrong or what but I actually had a 100% fertility and hatch rate from that batch. I will note that I switched incubators after the temp spike.

Just depends on how long temp was high. Takes a while to get internal egg that temp but once it does for a length of time it usually doesn't end well.