40*F !!! Did I ruin my hatch?

[greathorse]

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It's in a garage next to my house. I can believe that it got down to 40, since the air temp was 25 at the time.
That gives me a little bit of encouragement, thanks.

Yeah sounds like it could have been down to 40 I still think you are likely going to do OK. Cold seems to put them in a suspension of some kind. They will almost certianly be late. Did your Ground fault breaker trip? That is what happened in my basement which is cold enough.

 

[Megs]

dont give up!!

i just hatched 100% of eggs that were at 55* for likely 10 hours (up to 10 hrs, i can only assume the thermostat stuck when i closed the bator, checked it 10 hrs later to find it at 55*). EVERY one hatched, no problems, and they were 2 weeks in the bator when this happened. They started hatching on day 19 and finished on day 21 (standar and bantams, hatched spread out as usual).

 

[Damummis]

Trust me don't give up!!!!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=295298

It is hard and your stomach is in knots, you think the worst, I know!!!! Just DON'T give up!!!

 

[GracefulBantams]

Thank you, everyone! I will candle and let you all know the results this evening.
This was a homemade incubator (that I have successfully used before) that uses a light bulb as a heat source, and the bulb had died. That was the cause of the temperature going so low.

 

[debilorrah]

I am gonna go out on a limb here and say your thermometer is WAY off. Unless your house was the cold, or colder, there is no way they would be that cold. Don't toss them - they are probably fine!!!!

 

[Chosen Chickens]

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It was in her garage

 

[IggiMom]

I wouldn't give up either, but it is only fair to say that I lost a BUNCH during the power outage here.

A bunch.

I am very sad about it.

About 8 eggs lived out of 40 some.

I am trying to make myself feel better and encouraged by telling myself that at least the ones that lived are going to be VERY HARDY chickens!

Catherine

 

[GracefulBantams]

Yes, it was in my garage like CC said.

IggiMom, sorry about the ones you lost

I may borrow that mentality, though - if they live they must be hardy!

 

[Chic Chick]

Don't give up!
I had a broody silkie get out of her private brooder cage and she couldn't get back in, and when I went into the coop one -30 morning I found her on the coop floor and her eggs were very cold. I put her back in her cage and she hatched all the eggs successfully. I have a heat lamp in the coop but it doesn't warm it up enough to keep the water from freezing when it's that cold.

 

[debilorrah]

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Was your garage that cold? My storage shed doesn't get that cold even when it is snowing outside. 40 is cold!