How long are eggs viable if power goes out?

[Mark Keister]

My power went out yesterday. I have 15 coturnix quail eggs in the incubator. They have been incubating for 5 days. Temps never went under 60 degrees farenheit. Power was out for approx 15 hrs. So my question is, will at least SOME of them hatch or is the whole lot ruined?

 

[Bill 101]

60 degrees is pretty cold for incubating eggs, but you never know until they incubate for another few days & you can candle to see if their still developing.

 

[dretd]

Last year I had a broody chicken that kept getting booted off the nest by the older girls. At least twice I cam home from work and found her sitting on the wrong nest and the incubated eggs were cool/cold to the touch (ambient temperature) so she had been off for hours. I put her back on and she hatched out 3 chicks on schedule. Not sure what the fertility was to start but I was happy with those (of course they were all roos

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I don't know much about quail, but I do know that 100% of them wont hatch if your dont continue with the incubation so I'd give it a go!

 

[Druantai]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/327724/incubator-lost-power

I found another post like this stating various hatch rates. It does seem to effect it, and I personally lost a few eggs. Hatch rate went from a predicted 89% to just under 50% when my incubator lost power for about 8 hours when my lovely doggies unplugged the unit.

 

[Mark Keister]

5 have hatched so far!! LOL im peeking in the glass every 10 mins looking for more!

 

[dretd]

5 have hatched so far!! LOL im peeking in the glass every 10 mins looking for more!

Yay! Let us know the final tally/percent hatched.

 

[Mark Keister]

At present I'm at 6 of 15. So like 40% so far but I'm hoping for some late hatchers today!

 

[Mark Keister]

2 late hatchers overnight. That puts me at 8 so far and over 50%. Im pretty happy with that