Quote Originally Posted by Albert Clark View Post
Hey community, had a unfortunate occurrence today with this clutch. Went into the room basically to do routine cleanings and when I looked at the thermometer in the tub that contains six pastel het pied eggs I almost collapsed. Temperature was at 103.0F! Humidity was 99%. This clutch is at day 55 and most of my other clutches began pipping at day 53. The 103.0F was rather disturbing, so I rushed in and took the lid off and also the press and seal and was able to gradually get the temp down to 92.2F. Ironically the other tub with one egg in it remained at 88.7F. IDK how long the temps were that high but I last checked the eggs on 6/20/16 when I vented the tub. I am really upset and afraid I may have lost this clutch. The temps now are 88.7F and 88.3F in the single egg tub. Checked the incubator and connections all seemed in order with the incubator. I am checking temps every half hour now. Any other clutch I had pipped at day 53. Scared!
Hindsight is 20/20.. but I do know my Herpstat has both high and low temp alarms as well as high and low humidity alarms. You might want to consider an investment in equipment with alarm capability (or enabling the capability if its not already in use). I can appreciate that they are costly, but it would be reasonable to use for "higher risk/higher reward" activities like incubating..