[Rosie posie]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Have just returned from a few days away to find my (full) incubator at 38.4 degrees!! boiled egg anyone? 

[Bangbang]

Hi Rosie posie,
for your eggs
I think  it's a bad year for incubators  , OH only managed 2 hatchings from 14 eggs. Do you
think it could be this freak weather knocking the thermostats to pot?
what make is your incubator?
BB

[chrismahon]

We had a great hatch at 37.8 -all early. So have you candled them Rosie?
 
Think a hens body temperature is 41, so 38.4 is not miles out or on the cooking side (assuming temperature reading is correct).

[Rosie posie]

Thanks BB

my incy is a Brinsea 20, I've probably used it for 10 or so hatches. The weather could affect it I guess, but the incy sat next to it is still bob on at 37.6....

ooooh Chris! I hope there's still a chance! I will have to wait till tonight to candle them, wish me luck.
I will still stop the turners today and add some water to the troughs just in case....fingers crossed

[kegs]

I've got one of these and I know the fan is meant to circulate the air but just before I put my eggs in I taped a second thermometer to the side of the incy, level with where the eggs would be.  The thermometer in the lid was 37.5 the one on the side was 36 !  (I swopped over the thermometers and got the same reading.)  When I increased the temp so the one in the lid read 38 the one taped to the side went to 37.5. 

[Beeducked]

I have a really unreliable inch and all my hatches came out 2-4 days early and found it was as the temp was 38.6 when the reading said 37.5. Have recalibrated as checked and checked and still getting early hatches!

[Brijjy]

Oh no, bad news. Hopefully Chris is right and the eggs will be ok. I have hatched eggs successfully from being chilled for a while so maybe it'll work the other way round.

[jaykay]

As the others have said, don't give up yet, could still hatch 

[Rosie posie]

Ha! guess what! One hatched this evening, bang on time too

Hoping for an incy full by morning......I have currently 5 broodies to satisfy 

This warm weather certainly triggers them off eh?

[Rosie posie]

and now up to-  6 hatched, 2 pipping 

[Mammyshaz]

That's great news  look forward to the piccies tomorrow eh 

[chrismahon]

Pleased to hear they are OK Rosie Posie.

[manian]

yay...... we managed to resue one of our turkey poults today (nest is crowded with 3 mums and dad on the nest!)
Mx

[Rosie posie]

Well the final tally is 9 hatched, one is still in the incy not even pipped, but is alive (not holding out much hope for it now though)

All 9 were a lovely instant family for one of my broodies, she is very pleased with them

I will try and find my camera for when she decides to show them to the world

[Mammyshaz]

Yay  looking forward to the piccies