silkiie
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eggs in batorsomething terrible has happened........
i have some silkie chicken eggs in a bator in my bedroom an woke to discover my dressing gown had fallen on the bator.....
the temp on the therm was 40c, do you think i have killed them?????? 
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Chez
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Depends how long it was that high for and how developed the eggs were ... the older they are the more robust they are, within limits. But it's not good news I'm afraid  . How far along were they?
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silkiie
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bout 10 days, god im so gutted
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bodger
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I predict that they'll be fine.
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Chez
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Leave it on for a few days whilst you collect some more eggs and then candle and see whether they have continued developing post-day 10. How many were in there? So frustrating .
ETA: Hope that Bodger is right. Fingers crossed.
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silkiie
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6 eggs, got them from ebay,hope your right bodger  
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bodger
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I'm confident, because I had a minor fluctuation with some Sassos that i was hatching a couple of weeks ago. The fluctuation was at least on a par with the one that you describe and I still had a useful hatch. 
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silkiie
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will let you know......
fingers crossed....
would help if i had a candler,been using a torch but dont think it is bright enough,havent seen any movement....
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Chez
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Put the torch behind a bit of card with a hole about 1 or 1.5 cm across, that should help focus the beam a bit. I stick mine in a shoe box, propped up a bit.
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silkiie
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just so happens i have a shoe box will try that now
thanks chez
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silkiie
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looking hopeful
im sure i can see signs of life in at least 2 of the eggs
but it is that dark in the egg,its hard to tell
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Chez
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Only eleven days to wait - don't candle them too much 
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Woodburner
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You did say there is a thermostat, right? That's supposed to keep the temperature to what it's set to.
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bodger
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A cardboard box with an egg shaped hole cut in it. Bare with this, things do get better. :whistle:
But not much better, here's the same hole with an egg placed on it.
My hand with a torch  When the lights go out in a few minutes, I'll be shining the torch up through the egg.
This is how a clear or empty egg appears.
Thank goodness, I had four eggs that were developing into chicks. I could have done with a few more that looked like this.
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silkiie
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five of the ones i have over heated are dark and hard for me to see if there is life.......
yeah it was the the therm that read 40c,love the box idea lol,the things we do for chickens
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