Eggs got cold after the first night

[HappyHealthyHen]

Hello, I thought I had a broody hen and put some fertile eggs under her Sunday night, but Sunday day, she mostly ignored them so they got cold. The weather here was probably a high of 70 that day. Monday evening I brought them inside to incubate. Do you think we lost our chance to hatch them when they got cold after that first night?

 

[Tonyroo]

Nope you didn't lose them, the egg needs higher temps to activate the growth.

 

[HappyHealthyHen]

Use a incubator to finish the eggs.

Will do!

 

[Tonyroo]

Use a incubator to finish the eggs.

 

[HappyHealthyHen]

Will do!

Should I count Day 1 from the night the hen sat on them or the following night in incubator?

 

[Tonyroo]

Should I count Day 1 from the night the hen sat on them or the following night in incubator?

How many days were the eggs with the broodie?

 

[Tonyroo]

Note the time when you placed the eggs in the incubator. The following day at that time is day 1.

 

[HappyHealthyHen]

Note the time when you placed the eggs in the incubator. The following day at that time is day 1.

Okay thanks. They were with the broodie one day before that.