GRRRRR>........... power outage

[Julie08]

The dreaded power outage!! how do they know when there are eggs in the incubator.
It went off in the night sometime but I dont know for how long. It was on at midnight and back on again when I got up at 7 am...... saw the dreaded flashing "12:00" as soon as I opened my eyes. Ran out to the incubator the temp was 97 I dont know if thats as low as it it (which I suspect it was not) Took till 11:30 for it to really stablize at 100 again, then the power went out again, this time I was prepared (well my husband was) he got a battery and inverter and hooked me up again. However, it only took him about 10 minutes to get me back up and running I was down to 95!!! That is why I suspect it went much lower then 97 during the over night outage. My temp has been running a bit low anyhow for a still air Im only at about 99.

Does anyone have any ideas what this has done to my hatch?

 

[The Chicken People]

Hope its fine! I wouldnt give up!

 

[dbcooper02]

Your hatch may be slightly delayed, but I sure wouldn't worry about it. I recall the day I came home from work to find I had left the lid off the incubator when I turned the eggs that morning. They had cooled waaaaaay down, still had a hatch.
db

 

[Julie08]

LOL opps!!! We all do things like that. I have been running a bit low anyhow, I have been bumping it up I just fear that we will get a really hot day and it will get hot in the house and cause the bator to spike while Im at work. So I do try to keep it around 100 which is low for still air. I will cancel Wednesday which is day 10 and see whats going on.

 

[justmeandtheflock]

Mine seem to have survived 12 hours at 70 degrees (they aren't due yet so we'll see) so there is hope that yours will be just fine.