Anyone had any luck with chicks surviving a fallen incubator

[Wyorp Rock]

Awww...they look to be doing o.k.! Are they eating/drinking yet?

 

[Elliebeans]

Awww...they look to be doing o.k.! Are they eating/drinking yet?

Yep, eating and drinking ok. They do seem maybe a little slower than the other chicks I hatched in August (though I've only done two hatches so I don't exactly have much experience) but are getting by ok. They're my little miracle babies. Fingers crossed they stay as strong as they've been so far.

 

[getaclue]

I have a cat that thinks she's a mother hen. She knows chicks belong in the brooder. When I first started hatching chicks, she and I had a few discussions about her being so "helpful". If she thought I wasn't putting them in the brooder fast enough, she thought it was her job to move them. As in your situation, the incubator didn't drop down far, and the chicks were fine, but it sure scares a person.

My floor is tile. When I set up my brooder(s), I initially put a small blanket on the floor under the brooder, so it would hold heat better. My cat wanted the chicks with her at all times. The first few days, when she would want to go get on the bed for her nap, she would snag the edge of the blanket under the brooder, and slowly drag the brooder box, through the house, into the bedroom. I put a non-skid rug under it, and a weight, to stop her. I put a blanket down for her, so she could stay next to them. That seemed to satisfy her.

 

[Elliebeans]

I have a cat that thinks she's a mother hen. She knows chicks belong in the brooder. When I first started hatching chicks, she and I had a few discussions about her being so "helpful". If she thought I wasn't putting them in the brooder fast enough, she thought it was her job to move them. As in your situation, the incubator didn't drop down far, and the chicks were fine, but it sure scares a person.

My floor is tile. When I set up my brooder(s), I initially put a small blanket on the floor under the brooder, so it would hold heat better. My cat wanted the chicks with her at all times. The first few days, when she would want to go get on the bed for her nap, she would snag the edge of the blanket under the brooder, and slowly drag the brooder box, through the house, into the bedroom. I put a non-skid rug under it, and a weight, to stop her. I put a blanket down for her, so she could stay next to them. That seemed to satisfy her.

You're cat sounds like such a sweetheart. Unfortunately mine sees baby chicks as a source of fun and food...
She's part Bengal and has a very strong hunting instinct, makes for wonderful mouser though. She's an inside cat with supervised play time outside in the yard. She even shows interest in the adult hens, who thankfully are in a secured run so we hopefully won't find out if she'd actually attack a chicken.