Well I have some new info. Tonight after reading the ideas here that my eggs may actually be warmer than what I have my ambient set to, I decided it's not hard to find out because I still have one remaining clutch in the incubator. I have a temperature gun so I just zapped them and yep, they are definitely warmer for whatever reason. I have my thermostat set to 88 now and the eggs still read at 90.4. Which means when I had it set to 89 they could of possibly been cooking at up to 91-92It's sad to think just a couple degrees could have such a major affect on all my babies
I'm pretty sure this is my answer though, I was incubating too warm. I just wish I would of thought to check them right away, I just thought I was good because I did have an extra egg box setup with a thermometer in it and it was reading 89 as well. I have no idea why the eggs would be warmer than the ambient but I know now I need to set my herpstat at 87.0 to get the eggs around 89.
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