Hatching eggs using your body??

[AllenK RGV]

I agree with that. This site recently had two threads where someone tried it. The hatches failed.
However, in your case, I would keep your incubator running but move them to your body during power outages and it should work.
If you always get a prior notice when there will be an outage I can easily see it working as a temporary fix.

We never get notice when our power is to be cut. It just cuts out I guess we must be considered lower socio econimacably class.

 

[Zen Wildlife Rescuer]

I agree with that. This site recently had two threads where someone tried it. The hatches failed.
However, in your case, I would keep your incubator running but move them to your body during power outages and it should work.
If you always get a prior notice when there will be an outage I can easily see it working as a temporary fix.

We do get notices, but being south africa, they sometimes switch off the power at random. Like today we were supposed to get our power cut from 9pm-11pm tonight, but they suddenly switched it off two hours ago and it just came back on. So I currently have my eggs strapped to my stomach and I’ll get them back into the incubator as soon as it heats up! I really wish we didn’t have these irritating power cuts

 

[ChickenCanoe]

We do get notices, but being south africa, they sometimes switch off the power at random. Like today we were supposed to get our power cut from 9pm-11pm tonight, but they suddenly switched it off two hours ago and it just came back on. So I currently have my eggs strapped to my stomach and I’ll get them back into the incubator as soon as it heats up! I really wish we didn’t have these irritating power cuts

One option would be to have a thermometer with an alarm so if you are at home, you know when the incubator temperature drops below or climbs above a set point.
However, if you are home I guess you would know if they cut the power.

Regarding using a 12 volt battery to run your incubator, actually incubators or anything generating heat uses pretty much power.
Heat generation is a function of watt density, ambient conditions and thermal losses.
Do you know what the incubator heat element wattage is?

 

[Zen Wildlife Rescuer]

One option would be to have a thermometer with an alarm so if you are at home, you know when the incubator temperature drops below or climbs above a set point.
However, if you are home I guess you would know if they cut the power.

Regarding using a 12 volt battery to run your incubator, actually incubators or anything generating heat uses pretty much power.
Heat generation is a function of watt density, ambient conditions and thermal losses.
Do you know what the incubator heat element wattage is?

That’s a good idea thanks! Definitely look into a thermometer like that. Do you know what exactly they’re called? At this point we’re getting our power cut again tonight from 9-11pm. So it looks like these poor eggs are gonna have to be strapped to me for a few hours again today! I really hate this! But whenever I strap them to me I just sit or lay down in one spot and try not to move too much. Oh and I don’t know what the wattage is on my heat source unfortunately

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've used two of these and they are quite accurate. At least accurate enough to set high and low alarms.
The two $29 ones in the following link are the ones I've used.
https://www.thermoworks.com/Alarms/Fridge-Alarms
Be careful of the wires. They are fragile.
I paired them with a cheap remote baby monitor so if I was in another place on the property I could hear the alarms.

The wattage or amperage of the incubator should be on a label either on the bottom, by the controller or near the wire entering the incubator.
If you give me the name and model of the incubator I could look it up.

 

[Zen Wildlife Rescuer]

I've used two of these and they are quite accurate. At least accurate enough to set high and low alarms.
The two $29 ones in the following link are the ones I've used.
https://www.thermoworks.com/Alarms/Fridge-Alarms
Be careful of the wires. They are fragile.
I paired them with a cheap remote baby monitor so if I was in another place on the property I could hear the alarms.

The wattage or amperage of the incubator should be on a label either on the bottom, by the controller or near the wire entering the incubator.
If you give me the name and model of the incubator I could look it up.

Thanks! I’m in South Africa though so I don’t think I’ll be able to get those exact ones. But anyhow I’ve decided to invest in a small incubator. Ikm pretty sure all the power outages have killed my eggs But we’ll see when I candle them on Saturday or tomorrow.