My female laid 30 eggs Sunday night. I had the hovabator set to a semi-constant 84 degrees a week before, and put the eggs in an hour after she laid. Well, I came home from work yesterday, checked it, and the max temp on the digital thermometer registered at 101 degrees! The current temp was about 87 degrees, but I don't know how long it was at 101, so I think I might have fried them. What do you guys think? I opened the top immediately and let the hot air out. I'm so bummed. I reset it to about 82 degrees last night and before I left for work this morning I put a fan next to the incubator facing upward to circulate the air. Does anyone know how to get a hovabator to produce a constant temperature? Mine seems to fluctuate alot. Is there a better quality thermostat that you can buy to attach to the hovabator for better reliability? This is my first time (with eggs), and maybe my last time. I don't want my female going through the stress of laying, if I'm just gonna screw things up. Any advise would be very much appricicated.



Also, I noticed that some of the eggs had a yellow soft spot on them where the eggs stuck together. Is that normal? What do you suppose it is? I didn't pull them apart intentionally, they just kind of seperated when I dug them out, but I still have about 3 eggs that are stuck together and just kept them that way in the incubator.



Thank you for any opinions/suggestions/advise/lectures in advance.



Greg

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