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At what temp will eggs die?

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by marauder, Aug 10, 2008.

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  1. Aug 10, 2008 #1
    marauder

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    Light bulb blowed (blew?) on my homemade ice chest incubator. And the temp droped to 86' F for a few hours
    on 2 week old duck eggs. Never learned/tried to candle eggs. I guess I need to learn how. Do you think they are still alive? I'm going to keep turning them till day 25 and hope they hatch.

    That light bulb had been a good one. It had been on for the last 5 months flashing on and off ever few minutes.

    As soon as the incubator becomes empty again, I'm going to add another light socket, So they will be 2 bulbs. Just in case one blowes again.

    Thanks, This was my first post here.
     
  3. Aug 10, 2008 #2
    brooster

    brooster Chillin' With My Peeps

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    They will mosy likely be fine, the mother gets off her eggs at least once every day. They will be ok [​IMG]
     
  5. Aug 10, 2008 #3
    brooster

    brooster Chillin' With My Peeps

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    oh and [​IMG]
     
  7. Aug 10, 2008 #4
    Matt A NC

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    I have heard of eggs surviving more than 18 hours, during a power outage, with no heat.

    You may lose a few and the hatch may be delayed a good day, but I would keep going and expect a hatch.

    Matt
     
  9. Aug 10, 2008 #5
    Akane

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    They might still be ok. I've been told eggs can get down to 90F and still incubate and it takes awhile after a temp drop before the embryo starts to cool.

    5 months of blinking on and off seems kinda hard for a light bulb. I'd probably replace it every hatch or 2 so no more than 2months. A $5 bulb is worth it to not lose an entire hatch.
     
  11. Aug 11, 2008 #6
    chickenfanatic

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    i think ur ok. good luck and [​IMG]
     
  13. Aug 11, 2008 #7
    CindyS

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    I agree, I doubt if you will notice any affect on the hatch. I had a 12 hr power outage on pipped call duck eggs and hatched 12 out of 15 so don't worry!
     
  15. Sep 21, 2008 #8
    marauder

    marauder New Egg

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    I still had a good hatch. Here are some pics of the ducks and my homemade bator.

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    They think its feeding time and everyone comes a running

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    damn kids set on it and broke the window

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]


    Sorry about all the pics just learned how to post pics with a cheap digital camera
     

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