Are eggs still alive?

[sandy sea]

Day 15 and Broody Mom got on wrong nest. She somehow got out of her enclosed nest area and got on another nest. I just notice her now. She must have been off her eggs for about three hours. Would they still be alive? She is back on them now. The weather was about 88 today.

 

[Picco]

They should be fine. Eggs are surprisingly resilient. My uncle ran over a duck nest with the hay mower a few years ago, killing the mother. This happened around noon. He called me that night and I picked the eggs up around 9, waited for my incubator to regulate for another two hours and then put them in. Every egg hatched only week later, so even if they are far along they can be OK. It's never good to let them chill, but they can make it!