Eggs not hatching?!

[Lili Smith]

hi everyone, my incubator broke on day 17 and my eggs were cold overnight and I put them in the oven until day 19 when I bought a new incubator, it is now day 22 and they still haven’t hatched. Are they likely to hatch or do you think they are dead?

 

[getaclue]

Give it another day, or two just in case, but it's doubtful. So sorry that happened to you.

 

[Lili Smith]

Thankyou for your advice, will leave it till Tuesday and keep waiting. X

 

[Miss717]

If you had the oven turned on then they probably got too hot and died.

 

[ChickNanny13]

When I had a similar problem (power outage) I stuck my eggs in an egg carton, pointy side down, put it in the oven (top shelf) with a bowl of water on the shelf below it & a candle burning under the water bowl, door closed. It was years ago, can't recall what day of incubation I was in and it was for a few hours before the power went back on & back in the incubator they went. Had only 5 eggs, 4 hatched.

Another idea I've read here was using a heating pad wrapped in a towel, not direct heat but using as a heating element to keep eggs warm. In a container, make like a nest for the eggs, don't forget to add some humidity.

Good luck

 

[Lili Smith]

I set the oven to the correct temperature to make sure they didn’t get too hot.

 

[Miss717]

I set the oven to the correct temperature to make sure they didn’t get too hot.

I don't think an oven has a low enough setting. Even the warm setting would be too hot.

 

[Lili Smith]

I have a normal oven and a low temp small oven

 

[Miss717]

I have a normal oven and a low temp small oven

Define low temp

 

[Miss717]

Even something like a toaster oven I think would be too hot.