Am I screwed???

After arriving home today I have found my heating in the house has gone faulty and remained on full blast for the last 24 hours, as a result my eggs which are incubating steadily around 89 degrees have shot up in temperature to 98 degrees. Any one seen this before and still managed to get eggs to hatched or, like I fear am I screwed?

Any input would be greatly appreciated

One clutch is on day 39 the other is on day 5

I am still waiting for my first clutch to be laid (Due around May 12th) ... I don't know how sensitive BP Eggs are, I've heard that they are hardy, and I've heard different. I hatch chickens/ducks out every week, and we had an instance like this. Chicken/Duck eggs are kinda finiky (spelling) but, our son got a hold of one of incubator T-stats, and cranked it up to about 114, when they incubate at 99.5 +/- .2 degrees. They were on day 13. I believe they were like that for well over 12 hours. They still all hatched and were healthy chicks/ducklings 17 days later. I know some people incubate at a little higher than 88-89, to try and speed up incubation. I personally have a Herpstat 1 set at 88.9, and has been running for 6 weeks in preparation.

I'd say leave them in there, and just candle them after a few days to see if you still have veins on the newer eggs. Personally, I think you'll still be alright, it was only 24 hours, and this time of year storms roll through and knock out power for quite some time, and still hatch their babies out. Just keep your head up, and candle them after a few days to see how there doing.

Good Luck!

Trey

They might pull through. How long we're they at that temp?

All I can suggest is give them the chance and keep candling to see if the veins are still growing or if they start to fade and disapear.


dr del

Who knowa. Never hurts to keep trying good luck

I left the house yesterday and temps were fine so I'd say no more then 24 hours. Assuming they don't pull through, how long do dead eggs take to decay?

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All I can suggest is give them the chance and keep candling to see if the veins are still growing or if they start to fade and disapear.


dr del

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X2 ^. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater quite yet...I'm betting they'll be just fine, given that it wasn't any longer than what it was. Like has been said, just keep an eye on them and you should be able to tell if they're still viable or not fairly soon.

A day isn't horrible, but I can't say that they will be fine from temps that high. Just don't give up on them yet.

Hoping for the best...

Most of the times when they're subjected to higher temperatures for even a short amount of time, it may not kill them, but can cause kinking and other issues to the developing snakes. All you can do is make sure they stay at the correct temps for the rest of the incubation and hope for the best!

Don't give up--a lot depends on what stage of development they were at. Some may make it, even so...but do brace yourself for deformities.
They can be shocking if you are not prepared. Temperature spikes can cause some serious deformities, but it's possible not all of them will be affected.

My first two BP clutches were subjected, intermittently, to massive temp spikes as I struggled with the concept of "friction" (thanks again to Dr. Del, who eventually reminded me that Fan --> friction --> heat ....)

I did lose most of the eggs, but a couple made it. There were no deformities, but the spikes didn't start until about three weeks prior to hatching, if I recall correctly. I had repeated spikes, not just one isolated incidence, though I think most spikes were in the ~90-95 range and only once did it get ~98.

I would imagine that your younger clutch is at higher risk of death and/or deformities, since they are still in that very vulnerable period of development.

Best of luck with the remainder of incubation!

We had a very similar experience on a late clutch last year. Except the temp spike was up to 118 deg.!! Anyway, one of 4 didn't develop a complete head... The other 3 are healthy as can be. So definitely don't give up yet. Just hope for the best!:please:
good luck!

Considering the incubator is a insulated unit it would have taken a while for the heat blast in the house to affect the inside temps of the incubator so id guess the spike in the incubator wasnt more then an 8 hour spike so you should be ok. I would more concerned about the clutch that has been in there the longest cause once the eggs hit day 40 they tend to start generating heat anyways so the spike may have effected them more but keep candeling and hope for the best. Good luck

You would think in the wild there has got to be times that the mama cannot keep them at perfect temps all 60 days.. who knows how farfrom perfect those temps get tho.. honestly I like your chances. I have seen and heard of eggs going thru worse situations and turn out perfect. Good luck!

Good luck hoping they all pull through for you

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You would think in the wild there has got to be times that the mama cannot keep them at perfect temps all 60 days.. who knows how farfrom perfect those temps get tho.. honestly I like your chances. I have seen and heard of eggs going thru worse situations and turn out perfect. Good luck!

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This is true but when it happens they still die in the wild. When eggs spike above 93 and stay for long periods of time theres a good chance of fryin em

The eggs may hatch or they may not. I would keep incubating them just in case. Be warned that they may hatch with deformities and you may have to cull them. Like if that spike occurred during the formation of the snakes heart or something important it coulda messed it up on them. I may be totally off base here but i think thats pretty possible...

Thanks for the input everyone.

Both clutches are now settled at 88.5 - 89 so i guess ill just have to wait and see what happens. Its so annoying to have put so much effort in to get this far just for one silly thing to potentially destroy everything. Ill keep people posted on the outcome.

Thanks again

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