At what temp will eggs die?

marauder

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Aug 10, 2008
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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.
 
They will mosy likely be fine, the mother gets off her eggs at least once every day. They will be ok
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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
 
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.

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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

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

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