Boom Boom out go the lights.

[C Ferguson]

Just started the lockdown today of my first eggs in my home made incubator..... yeah. Went to work. Here in central Ohio we have been having pop-up thunder storms and the power went out. No one was home. We think it was for two hours. What my question is ARE MY BABBIES GOING TO MAKE IT? I think I know the answer, but would like to take the road to denial and have some one tell me it's going to be OK.

 

[hotrodflash]

They should be fine as long as the incubator stayed closed. They may be delayed a few hours though. Broodies get off the nests almost every day and they hatch out just fine.

 

[RochfoKev]

Good luck, might still be ok if only a couple of hours

 

[sumi]

If it was only 2 hours and the incubator didn't get opened they should be fine. It takes quite a while for the core temperature of the egg to drop and as a previous poster said, broody hens get off the nest frequently without causing any harm to the embryos. Good luck with your hatch!

 

[drumstick diva]

I think you are good to go unless the next few storms put the power out again. If you are home when it happens, you could have heat packs on hand.

 

[C Ferguson]

Up date we made it. The first one before midnight last night (6-30-13), second by three. I just got up and have a total of five with one in mid hatch and another pip but quiet. So seven out of twelve so far. Thanks everyone for the help and reassurance I do appreciate it thanks. Can't wait for the grandkids to get up this is going to be fun.

 

[sumi]

Awesome, thanks for the update!