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We had a power loss and our eggs cooled to about 85 degrees for 20 or 30 mins. Will we have problems with them batch now?
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

I don't see this causing any problems with the eggs incubating successfully. For that length of time, I doubt it would have any affect at all.
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PHLdyPayne

np

If you have somewhat frequent power outages and think this may happen again you can purchase a computer Universal Power Supply (UPS) from any office supply store for around 30 bucks. Two months worth of peace of mind for 30 bucks.

Thanks for the quick reposnses and the UPS suggestion. I'll pick one up tomorrow.

Just for my own peace opf mind... how long could they tolerate a temp around 85 without problems?
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

I'm not sure where 89 came from. Personally, I set my incubation temps to 90. That being said, I have incubated at 88 and the eggs hatch right about the same time. That is, the higher temp did not seem to speed up the incubation process. I believe BP eggs are hardier than we give them credit for. In the wild, temps may not be controlled nearly as well as we think - too bad there aren't too many good studies in this area. I read one scientific article where the egg temps recorded were 86 degrees (maintained). It would be interesting to see if the eggs all survive at 84 (I bet they could). Although, I would not do it for the sake of an experiment.

BTW, I have had temp spikes up to 93 degrees and as lows as 84 with no ill effects. These spikes were less than 12 hours in length but more than 4 hours.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

I've have succesfully incubated and hatched ball and burm eggs at 85 deg for the whole incubation process without loseing any eggs. my main purpose was to see if lower or higher temps had effect on sex, ball eggs are deceptively hardy. higher/lower temps definately effects hatch dates too.

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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

I found that the eggs incubated at 85 hatched apprx. day 60-70, eggs at 90- 91 babies came out anywhere from day 52-60. its also true with room temps while females are developing eggs, a lil bit warmer females will sometimes lay day 25-30 after p.o.s. and cooler ones day 30-35, all have been nice healthy eggs. Its helps me to know the range of this whole process so i know when i really need to be worried when s#$t happens