😓Help! 🤞 Power Outage & GreenFire + other fancy hatching eggs in incubator...🤞

[V Bros]

Need all the positive thoughts for 120 Fancy and rare hatching eggs in Incubator during power outage!!!!!!

 

[HawaiiCoyote]

overall that is a really bad situation but if you have a alternate power system ( off grid goal zero or something of the sorts) it may be able to run your incubator for a little while

 

[HawaiiCoyote]

hope everything works out

 

[jher77]

How long was the power out?
Although I haven't experienced a power outage incubating, I've seen the power go out for a couple hours and peoples chickens still hatch fine.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

You can try covering the incubator with blankets until the power comes back on.

 

[gimmie birdies]

You can have power out up to 12 hrs.

 

[gimmie birdies]

One time I had 4 power outages, with in a few days, the power company was doing repairs. I brought my eggs down stairs to be by the wood stove. And had hand warmers And I had 11/11 hatch.

A diff time I had 3 eggs and on day 19 the power went out for 6 hrs. I put them in my night gown and took them to bed with me. 3/3 with those.

 

[MROO]

In the not-so-long-ago "Good Ol' Days," incubators were run off of kerosene. If you have a kerosene heater, or something similar, set 'er up nearby and monitor your temps. You may have to rotate them around a bit. Good Luck ... and keep us posted!

 

[kyeschicks]

How long was the outage? I have had my incubator unplugged by accident around 13-16 hours very recently and eggs were cold to the touch, thermometer read 66f. I candled the eggs (day 9) and the embryos were not moving. I turned the incubator back on and a couple hours later they were all moving again. Don't lose hope!

 

[V Bros]

PFFF we survived! And even during the outage we had 9 of 12 new chocolate silver laced orpington chicks hatched. Inverter on 12v in car did it... Moved the car as close as possible to the door + extension cord = Hatching as normal! But I really squeezed it....
I need to be better prepared for this. My own mistake...
The rest should be coming in the next 6 days! Fingers crossed...
thnx guys!