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.
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
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.
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!
I still had a good hatch. Here are some pics of the ducks and my homemade bator. They think its feeding time and everyone comes a running damn kids set on it and broke the window Sorry about all the pics just learned how to post pics with a cheap digital camera
