Are they alive??

[vicsimp]

I have 6 bantam eggs that have been in the incubator, I moved them into an older incubator for lockdown as there are other eggs in the original incubator. The old one was working fine, then last night I checked it and the temp was down at 25 c and the eggs were cold. Don't know how long they had been like that, so found a broody chicken who sat on them last night and then got off them this afternoon!! They are now in lockdown in an incubator.... Is there anyway to tell if they are alive? It is day 19

 

[mattsinger]

can you try and candle them and look for any movement?

 

[vicsimp]

It's quite difficult to see because the whole egg is very dark apart from a tiny bit at the bottom

 

[mattsinger]

sorta figured.....

 

[vicsimp]

Can they withstand temp drops at this stage?