Advice needed! Power cut and incubator turned off for hours!

[Rustysflock]

Help! We are a week away from our turkeys hatching and we came home today to find there had been a power cut!
Incubator had been off for a few hours as the temperature was down to 23 degrees and the humidity up to 92!!!
Do you think the chicks would have drowned? Haven't dared take them out to candle them as i want them to warm up asap.
Is there any chance the eggs could have held their temperature inside?
Any advice greatly appreciated.

 

[sylviethecochin]

23 Celsius or 23 Fahrenheit?

EDT: Assuming Celsius (because if it was Fahrenheit, they haven't got a chance) they'll have a good chance. The eggs do hold heat inside, and hens get off the nest to go eat, sometimes for up to two hours depending on the weather.

I'd check my air cells, but a few hours of high humidity won't hurt them.

Your hatch rate might be affected, but I doubt that they're dead.

Good luck.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

23 Celsius or 23 Fahrenheit?

EDT: Assuming Celsius (because if it was Fahrenheit, they haven't got a chance) they'll have a good chance. The eggs do hold heat inside, and hens get off the nest to go eat, sometimes for up to two hours depending on the weather.

I'd check my air cells, but a few hours of high humidity won't hurt them.

Your hatch rate might be affected, but I doubt that they're dead.

Good luck.

 

[Wil781]

I have had better luck with eggs that cooled considerably rather than overheated. A high spike in heat will kill them I believe faster than a cool down. This past winter we had a day with no power, so I wrapped the Incubator in towels to maintain the heat still the temp got down to below 70 degrees before power came back on, I only had 3 out of 15 eggs not hatch. I have had a spike in heat before for a couple hours (103) and lost all but 4 out of either 12 or 15 eggs (can't remember but 15 is generally the most I set at a time.)

 

[Rustysflock]

23 Celsius or 23 Fahrenheit?

EDT: Assuming Celsius (because if it was Fahrenheit, they haven't got a chance) they'll have a good chance. The eggs do hold heat inside, and hens get off the nest to go eat, sometimes for up to two hours depending on the weather.

I'd check my air cells, but a few hours of high humidity won't hurt them.

Your hatch rate might be affected, but I doubt that they're dead.

Good luck.

Hi, yes celsius.
Thank you for that, i will cross my fingers!! When they have warmed up i will have a look. What am i looking for with the air cells.
Xx

 

[Wil781]

I would let them warm then look for movement when candling.

 

[Rustysflock]

Will do. Thank you