Eggs gone cold, are they okay???

[BirdGirl2004]

Hello, this evening at about 5:10 i got home to find that my incubator had gone down to 84 degrees, and the eggs were cold. It cold have only been like that for at the very most 5 hours. I turned the incubator back on, but i'm wondering if there is any point to keep trying to hatch them out. They also were exposed to a 104 degree spike but for less than an hour. Do you think they will be okay? Please help!

 

[BirdGirl2004]

Hello, this evening at about 5:10 i got home to find that my incubator had gone down to 84 degrees, and the eggs were cold. It cold have only been like that for at the very most 5 hours. I turned the incubator back on, but i'm wondering if there is any point to keep trying to hatch them out. Do you think they will be okay? Please help!

BTW, they have been in the bator since Sunday night. SOO, is that to young to live?? HELP!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I would keep them in!! they should be fine!!

 

[BirdGirl2004]

I would keep them in!! they should be fine!!

Okay thanks , I hope your right!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Okay thanks , I hope your right!

me too...

 

[BirdGirl2004]

Any else want to put in there two-sense??

 

[Knighstar679]

My bator last week got knocked off due to power outage. My incubator and eggs hit 79-80 degrees for three or four hours and my eggs are still doing ok. Cooler is always better than hotter is what I was told. So the coolness likely won’t have caused much in the way of problems but the heat spike you will have to wait and see.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

My bator last week got knocked off due to power outage. My incubator and eggs hit 79-80 degrees for three or four hours and my eggs are still doing ok. Cooler is always better than hotter is what I was told. So the coolness likely won’t have caused much in the way of problems but the heat spike you will have to wait and see.

Your rate will drop. The hatch date will be later. You may have special needs offspring (worst case scenario).
Stay the course.. Almost broody hen like conditions as far as temp fluctuations are concerned.

 

[lazy gardener]

I'd be more concerned about the spike than I would about the chill. What have you done to rectify things so you don't get any more temp spikes? And have you calibrated your thermometers against a good medical grade thermometer?

 

[TonsofBirdsAndaRedhead]

I think they will be fine. Once during a storm the power went out for 2 days. I got a 50% hatch rate but only 3 birds died in the egg prematurely, the rest of them were not even fertile to begin with. Defiantly keep incubating them.