Colorado

[uzisuzuki]

Unfortunately, they might not develop into anything because Untied Power is crap & our power is out. You know, now that the storm is done in our area & the snow is melting. They had the snottiest customer service rep tell me that it was an "act of God" & the power wouldn't be restored for hours.

Do any of you have tips on what I can do to try to prevent the chicks from dying of the cold? The last two are still in the incubator & I don't know if I should leave them in there without the fan circulating air, but I know they aren't dry yet. I'm officially panicking. They were expensive eggs & took a lot of hard work to hatch. Not to mention, the last three are definitely not hatching now.

I'm just really angry since every time a squirrel farts, it's an "act of God" & United Power can't get their equipment working for hours. All they give are excuses & rudeness. The roads are fine, the weather isn't even close to as bad as it was yesterday.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Not a lot of snow in our neck of the woods.

Mostly cold and wet. But two of the girls are comfy and warm in the nest boxes this morning.

While the other two wander the yard, trying to stay out of the snow.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Unfortunately, they might not develop into anything because Untied Power is crap & our power is out. You know, now that the storm is done in our area & the snow is melting. They had the snottiest customer service rep tell me that it was an "act of God" & the power wouldn't be restored for hours.

Do any of you have tips on what I can do to try to prevent the chicks from dying of the cold? The last two are still in the incubator & I don't know if I should leave them in there without the fan circulating air, but I know they aren't dry yet. I'm officially panicking. They were expensive eggs & took a lot of hard work to hatch. Not to mention, the last three are definitely not hatching now.

I'm just really angry since every time a squirrel farts, it's an "act of God" & United Power can't get their equipment working for hours. All they give are excuses & rudeness. The roads are fine, the weather isn't even close to as bad as it was yesterday.

I can only think of two, "long term", suggestions. The quickest is a portable generator. Ours is 8500 watts, and I can run the whole house on it. A tank of gas runs for 4 to 5 hours.

The other is a lot more expensive. Slap some solar collectors on the roof and have the power company pay you for the energy that you produce. You'll want to have a Deep Well battery backup system, so that on days like today you will still have power even though the grid is down.

But on the short term...power generator...Home Depot or Lowes will have them.

 

[oshun55555]

Question for people who know more about hatching: I just had my second chick hatch but I noticed there was blood with this hatch.



The first chick that hatched this morning didn't have this. Is this a bad sign?

I have also had this happen with an assisted hatch as well, I hatch a lot so I don't assist to much anymore.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Unfortunately, they might not develop into anything because Untied Power is crap & our power is out. You know, now that the storm is done in our area & the snow is melting. They had the snottiest customer service rep tell me that it was an "act of God" & the power wouldn't be restored for hours.

Do any of you have tips on what I can do to try to prevent the chicks from dying of the cold? The last two are still in the incubator & I don't know if I should leave them in there without the fan circulating air, but I know they aren't dry yet. I'm officially panicking. They were expensive eggs & took a lot of hard work to hatch. Not to mention, the last three are definitely not hatching now.

I'm just really angry since every time a squirrel farts, it's an "act of God" & United Power can't get their equipment working for hours. All they give are excuses & rudeness. The roads are fine, the weather isn't even close to as bad as it was yesterday.

Don't panic, just problem solve.... Does your oven work? Can you heat up pillow cases of rice and put the chicks near them or like a hot water bottle thing? (Not in the oven of course) Hand warmers work too. Put them in a small space that you can cover and keep warm. An emergency blanket thing works great for retaining heat. Do you have a BBQ out back to heat water or something up with..... Drive to a warm neighbors with a wood stove....
Those are some quick suggestions.....

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Don't panic, just problem solve....   Does your oven work?  Can you heat up pillow cases of rice and put the chicks near them or like a hot water bottle thing? (Not in the oven of course)  Hand warmers work too.  Put them in a small space that you can cover and keep warm. An emergency blanket thing works great for retaining heat.  Do you have a BBQ out back to heat water or something up with.....    Drive to a warm neighbors with a wood stove....
Those are some quick suggestions.....

Those are great suggestions

 

[uzisuzuki]

Don't panic, just problem solve....   Does your oven work?  Can you heat up pillow cases of rice and put the chicks near them or like a hot water bottle thing? (Not in the oven of course)  Hand warmers work too.  Put them in a small space that you can cover and keep warm. An emergency blanket thing works great for retaining heat.  Do you have a BBQ out back to heat water or something up with.....    Drive to a warm neighbors with a wood stove....
Those are some quick suggestions.....

It took me a good 30mins before I came out of Toddler Rage Mode & started thinking. I finally got ahold of a family member about an hour ago & just as I was loading everything in the car to drive over there, the power came back on. Thank you very much for the suggestions. I'm going to get some hand warmers for the future. And a generator.

Sorry to everyone for giving an example of one of the many downsides of having a traumatic brain injury.

 

[coop410silkies]

Unfortunately, they might not develop into anything because Untied Power is crap & our power is out. You know, now that the storm is done in our area & the snow is melting. They had the snottiest customer service rep tell me that it was an "act of God" & the power wouldn't be restored for hours.

Do any of you have tips on what I can do to try to prevent the chicks from dying of the cold? The last two are still in the incubator & I don't know if I should leave them in there without the fan circulating air, but I know they aren't dry yet. I'm officially panicking. They were expensive eggs & took a lot of hard work to hatch. Not to mention, the last three are definitely not hatching now.

I'm just really angry since every time a squirrel farts, it's an "act of God" & United Power can't get their equipment working for hours. All they give are excuses & rudeness. The roads are fine, the weather isn't even close to as bad as it was yesterday.

Ooh, ouch, that is so terrible. Do you have hot water? Hot water bottle, jars, containers? Emergency blankets? Aluminum foil? Portable gas heaters? Propane heater? Wood stove? I have a Mr. Heater and a few propane tanks to use in emergencies, also a Coleman stove and lamp. You can cover your "brooder" with an IR reflective fabric and use any of the heat sources above to keep things temporarily warm. Toss in an old down jacket or vest. Just don't let them change temperature fast and keep them out of drafts. Heat your car and take them to your Mom's or somewhere where there's electric. There is no limit to the number of crazy things you can do to keep them alive. And they may be a little hardier than you think. I had a chick go a whole day without heat before he hatched. Good luck and take care.

 

[coop410silkies]

@uzi: whew, thank goodness you are out of the fire and back into the frying pan! I hope all your little babies will be thriving. Just when you thought you were done with the stress. Don't forget pastie butts, just in case they picked up on it. This was a good lesson for all of us (but of course Boy Scouts wouldn't need it).

 

[Percheron chick]

Power went out here for about 6 hours. That first cup of coffee is even tastier at 2.