Are these eggs fertile?!

[Pele]

Unfortunately, in my experience, 99 plus or minus two degrees doesn't cut it with incubation. Anything over 101 for a long period will kill the embryo. Anything below 98 does the same. Just a two degree variation for long periods is extremely lethal (which I learned after much heartbreak, then scrapped my cheap incubator and spent good money on a high end one.).

If I were to guess, I'd say your incubator is running low, probably less than 98 degrees. I don't see any problem at all with putting the eggs in with the bearded dragon as long as you wash them first (to protect him from bacteria), and keep the humidity in there above 20 and below 50.

I would think it would work out really well if you moved the eggs over to your incubator on day 18 for lockdown, and increased the humidity to 60 or so. Hatch is actually optimal at just a bit cooler temps (like 98 degrees, which you are getting).

 

[nicolemac]

Unfortunately, in my experience, 99 plus or minus two degrees doesn't cut it with incubation. Anything over 101 for a long period will kill the embryo. Anything below 98 does the same. Just a two degree variation for long periods is extremely lethal (which I learned after much heartbreak, then scrapped my cheap incubator and spent good money on a high end one.).

If I were to guess, I'd say your incubator is running low, probably less than 98 degrees. I don't see any problem at all with putting the eggs in with the bearded dragon as long as you wash them first (to protect him from bacteria), and keep the humidity in there above 20 and below 50.

I would think it would work out really well if you moved the eggs over to your incubator on day 18 for lockdown, and increased the humidity to 60 or so. Hatch is actually optimal at just a bit cooler temps (like 98 degrees, which you are getting).

Are you saying after cooling down because of the power cut will kill them after they hatch? because as shown in my blog a strong heart beat was still in motion after being incubated again for a few hours, so the embryos are still alive.

I rewired the incubator and it has been 38.5 degrees celcius all day now, so about 101 degrees farenheit. Humidity is 45%. They were fine in the dragons tank - i don't think he even noticed to be honest.

What should I do? Kill them or keep them?

 

[Pele]

Are you saying after cooling down because of the power cut will kill them after they hatch? because as shown in my blog a strong heart beat was still in motion after being incubated again for a few hours, so the embryos are still alive.

I rewired the incubator and it has been 38.5 degrees celcius all day now, so about 101 degrees farenheit. Humidity is 45%. They were fine in the dragons tank - i don't think he even noticed to be honest.

What should I do? Kill them or keep them?

Keep them if you hear a heartbeat. A brief cooling won't necessarily kill the eggs, but if they stay cool for long enough, it will kill them. The embryo could even develop a few more days, then die of complications caused by the earlier cooling.

I would say just keep going as long as they're alive. Every once in a while they surprise you.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I think your fine..... if you want to learn more about temps and viability these are a few good reads!!

http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/689897/im-incubating-what-do-i-do-if-the-power-goes-out

http://www.aviagenturkeys.com/media/183179/atihe-storagetempchart.pdf

 

[nicolemac]

Thanks for the advice guys - i will carry on incubating them, i just hope they hatch with no physical problems. Will report back on day 21.

 

[Sally Sunshine]