Hello. For the past couple of weeks I have been monitoring my first ever attempt to hatch some eggs. They are due to hatch on June 17th and up until yesterday everything has been great! Out of 19 eggs, only 1 was infertile and 1 was bad - I think it had already started developing before I got it and then died when I was preparing the incubator for the eggs (I have a still air LG).
I have been turning the eggs a few times per day and I last turned them yesterday (day 17) around 3pm before heading off to work. I got home around 10pm to find that there must have been a power surge; all of my appliances with clocks had reset, my fish filter wasnt pushing water (it is old and the pump needs help getting the initial flow going any time it is restarted) and I found that the entire circuit my incubator was on was tripped and so my incubator was still off!
The first thing I did was get that back on. The temperature read 78 degrees. I went to turn the eggs and when I felt them they were cold. I didn't end up turning them; I just wanted the incubator shut and for the temperature to get back up asap.
But I feel like it is probably already too late. I emailed the lady I bought the chicks from to ask if there was any chance of them making it or if I likely lost them all, but I have received no answer.
So far I haven't turned the eggs this morning. I'm about to, but I'm just wondering if there is a point? If the eggs were cold does that mean the chicks all died?
I was suppose to go into lockdown tonight too
I have been turning the eggs a few times per day and I last turned them yesterday (day 17) around 3pm before heading off to work. I got home around 10pm to find that there must have been a power surge; all of my appliances with clocks had reset, my fish filter wasnt pushing water (it is old and the pump needs help getting the initial flow going any time it is restarted) and I found that the entire circuit my incubator was on was tripped and so my incubator was still off!
The first thing I did was get that back on. The temperature read 78 degrees. I went to turn the eggs and when I felt them they were cold. I didn't end up turning them; I just wanted the incubator shut and for the temperature to get back up asap.
But I feel like it is probably already too late. I emailed the lady I bought the chicks from to ask if there was any chance of them making it or if I likely lost them all, but I have received no answer.
So far I haven't turned the eggs this morning. I'm about to, but I'm just wondering if there is a point? If the eggs were cold does that mean the chicks all died?
I was suppose to go into lockdown tonight too
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should be hatching any time now! If eggs are far enough along sometimes they can still survive, now if you were in the early days of incubating chances would probably not be so good depending on how long they stayed cold for. I wouldn't toss eggs because there's a good chance they are alive. Be watching for the eggs to move. Good luck!
