Re: Eggs/incubator issues..
I have had a spike in temp in my incubator before and it didn't affect my eggs any. My spike was from 89 up to 95. It wasn't as bad as yours but I think yours will be fine since you caught it within a fair amount of time. They have all kinds of temperature fluctuations in the wild. The eggs are alot tougher than some people make them out to be.
Hope this helps
Danny
Re: Eggs/incubator issues..
Danny, that does ease my mind slightly, thanks.
Update: I spent the better part of the day trying to duplicate the failure with a second identical incubator and temps.
I got the incubator stabilized up to 89.6 degrees (what I incubate at) and turned on the interior light to mimic the failure so that I can monitor the time it takes for the incubator to get to 98-99 degrees, and more importantly, the time it takes to get an egg (a nice big white unviable egg) to get to 98-99 degrees.
I can only assume that the less time the eggs have been hot, the better chance I have of them remaining viable.
After three full hours, the incubator has only risen 4 degrees and the egg only 1.5-2 degrees.
Here's hoping...