HELP!!!!! Power outage on day 19

[Americaunalove]

Power has been out for an hour and the temp is down to 85 and the humidity keeps rising!! What can I do I have no way to heat them up aside from blankets. How long or what temps before the die!! I'm also afraid they are going to drown. Since the power wet out the humidity has gone from 70 to 80!!!!

 

[sourland]

Sorry for the circumstances. If they are not pipping, I doubt that they will drown. They can actually go quite a period of time before the eggs will stop being viable. Hope the power soon comes back on.

 

[Americaunalove]

Thanks for the response. The eggs are wiggling but I don't hear any chirping so I'm guessing the membrane is still intact. I was able to keep the temp from falling fast. It is at 84 right now. And the humidity is at 77% I would be devastated if they died.

 

[cochins1088]

At day 19 they should be ok, they are producing their own body heat at that point. Once when I was collecting eggs, I noticed one in the hay by the broody hens, I assumed it wasn't from one of them but figured i should candle it anyways, well i never did, I set it on the table and forgot about it, just over 2 days later I cracked it open to find a day 18 ish chick still alive, i was horrified and felt so bad since he was obviously too young to survive, but if he could survive 2 days on a kitchen table, I'll bet yours will be fine.

 

[Americaunalove]

The power finally came back on!! The problem now is the temperature is rising but the humidity is dropping when the temperature got down to 82° the humidity was at 80% now the temperature is back up at 99.5 and the humidity has dropped to 60% I've tried the plugs I have sponges all over the bottom and still the humidity continues to drop!! What can I do they seem to have survived because they are still wiggling around???

 

[harleyjo]

You could always put some hot water through a funnel through one of the plug holes and add some water that way. Then plug it up again.