All 27 CHICKS LOST!!!!!!!!!!!- - UPDATED with 21 chicks and PICS

[deineria]

My electric went off a few days back and so I ran the eggs to my mother's house - where power goes out.
She was there - I explain 1000 times - do not touch it, do not unplug it - she went out of town . . .
yesterday when her plane landed, I reminded her to NOT touch it or unplug it -

Today she calls and asked if it is supposed to be plugged up -
day 16 on hatch (handled all had viable chicks on 14th) - I went nuts.
She said, "Oh, I must have unplugged it when I can in yesterday EVENING."

:

I hung up . . . I am SO upset

I paid a lot for these and getting that many shipped eggs 27 out of 29 to that point isn't
apt to happen again . . .

I don't even know if she plugged them back in, BUT I am sure that after all night and most of the morning - ALL are lost, of course

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UPDATE

21 have HATCHED and 2 more are pippin

This is out of 27 the developed shipped eggs! Amazing! Shew - we prayed that one in! Thank God~

Here are the 15 I moved quickly to their new brooder box!

Copper Marans, Ameraucanas and BLRWs

 

[Ridgerunner]

You would be surprised how tough they can be. They may all be dead or you may get a decent hatch. Stranger things have happened. Prepare yourself for the worst but give them a chance.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

I agree, don't give up and make sure she plugged it back in! Even if you get half of them it's still better then nothing! They are touch little buggers and I bet some of them will still hatch.

 

[oberhaslikid]

Please give them a couple extra days before you give up.Once you plug them back in they will have to catch up.

 

[deineria]

She said she plugged it back in this morning at so off from 6pm to 11:30am

House was 70 degrees - turner was unplugged, too

 

[TheReidHomestead]

THINK POSITIVELY!!!!

There is still hope!!!

 

[greeneacre]

Keep trying. I just had a staggered hatch where my heat source went out 3 times over the hatch and the temps went down to 70 for 8 + hours. not all the eggs hatched but a lot of them did.

 

[deineria]

Ok! Thank you all - I'm sure PRAYING!!!! HARD!

 

[Karrie13]

Don't give up hope. I have had low temps and temp spikes and still a decent hatch.

Good luck.

It is plugged in now right?

 

[deineria]

Yes - plugged it in at 11:30 - so it was off from 6pm until 11:30

Today is day 16 - would I push back lock down on them?