60 hours No Power

[elramsey]

Hello, I put 16 eggs in the incubator on Monday Feb 8th and we got down to 13° on Sunday night (Feb 14th) lost power around 5am on 16th We finally got power restored on the 17th after 60 hrs incubator got down to 45°, will they be OK or should I start over? They were all developing.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Candle the eggs see did it kill them or are they still going awful cool for eggs but give it go

 

[kyeschicks]

I hope they survive, chances are minimal. What I recommend is let them heat up in the incubator and candle them to see if you see any movement.

I recently had mine without power for 13 hours or so and they weren't moving, but I left them in the incubator to warm up and they started moving and they're actually in lockdown right now. Two were quitters but that could have not been related to it or it could have.

 

[PDXJULES]

I hope they survive, chances are minimal. What I recommend is let them heat up in the incubator and candle them to see if you see any movement.

I recently had mine without power for 13 hours or so and they weren't moving, but I left them in the incubator to warm up and they started moving and they're actually in lockdown right now. Two were quitters but that could have not been related to it or it could have.

Wow let us know about the hatch, both cases are interesting.

 

[kyeschicks]

Wow let us know about the hatch, both cases are interesting.

I did some research and basically they go dormant but they can only do it for so long before they quit. I have 2 in lockdown and the third one is still baking on day 16 and still active although harder to see.

 

[elramsey]

I left them in the incubator the whole time. The temp is currently 96 with 25% humidity. My bf thinks I'm crazy, but not ready to accept defeat. I will candle again in a couple days and give update. Thank you all.

 

[elramsey]

Candle the eggs see did it kill them or are they still going awful cool for eggs but give it go

How do you know if it killed them, what do I look for? Thank you

 

[NatJ]

How do you know if it killed them, what do I look for? Thank you

Mostly whether they have grown.

It would probably make sense to let them warm up for a day or so rather than candling immediately, but then candle and see what you can.

Of course chicks moving around means they're alive. But otherwise, just see how developed they are, and put them back in the incubator for several days.

When you candle again a few days later, see whether there is any more development (live chick) or not (dead chick.) If you're still not sure, give them another few days of incubation and check again.

And give each egg a sniff when you're handling them--a bad smell usually indicates that it's dead and should be removed from the incubator before it gets around to exploding

 

[als77]

Don't give up until you know for sure there is no hope, and remember to report back to us the final result.

I just posted this on another thread;

Coturnix Corner recently posted a video on youtube about this exact issue. He had a drop in temperature (don't remember the exact details) and had some survivors. He found an article about "Lundy's Five Incubation Temperature Zones";
>40.5C/104.9F = Zone of heat injury
>35C/95F = Zone of hatching potential
>27C/80.6F = Zone of disproportionate development
>-2C/28.4F (!) = Zone of suspended development
<-2C/28.4F = Zone of cold injury

So no reason to give up on them until you know all hope is lost

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ya do not just toss them at all .. warm them to the prefered then in like 3 days candle again see if they are moving or if there is a blood ring