Incubator kicked off on day 21, cold eggs.

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The incubator I've been using turned off today after it reached 21 days, I got home to cold eggs and 1 pipped.
59 degrees f and 51% humidity.
It's been raining off and on today so I'm hoping the humidity didn't drop too far.

Why would you make an incubator that turns off on the hatch day?! And it did count down from day zero

I don't know when it turned off, likely this morning, I've been gone since 5:30.
I chipped a bit at the pipped chick, cold and no movement but after it sat on the counter a while , it started to move, chirp and bleed.

I'm getting the incubator back up to heat and have the pipped chick in the sink, wrapped in a warm, damp washcloth.
The bleeding has stopped and it's cheeping and chewing, so I think it may make it but I'm concerned for the others.
They're much bigger eggs and I don't know their pip status, if the pipped one bounced back, I hoping they do too.
Any thoughts?
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I’m so sorry this happened. :hugs
I can’t offer any advice, as I’ve not had this happen, but that is horrible it shuts off on day 21!
What is the brand and make of incubator?
Thanks, I appreciate it.
It's Impeckables 12 egg incubator, it's been fair, though hard to keep up to temperature. I should have got out my maticoopx but I wanted to try this. It was tolerable until now.
 
Thanks, I appreciate it.
It's Impeckables 12 egg incubator, it's been fair, though hard to keep up to temperature. I should have got out my maticoopx but I wanted to try this. It was tolerable until now.
I have the same incubator, I got it for 50 USD so it’s worth it, and I always set it for more days than hatch will take. I’ve had great success hatching turkeys in there. I set mine to be on for 35 days, ofcourse it would be shorter for chicken eggs.

Although at first I didn’t know how to set the days and didn’t understand why it wasn’t working because the instructions are awful.
 

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