Hydro Outage coming up...

[TicketyBoo]

So we have a "planned" hydro outage happening on Sunday morning for 4 hours.
What should I do with my eggs?
I could...get my electrician of a DH to wire up a 12volt converter to a car battery and set it beside the incubator. I could borrow an inverter, set the incubator in the car and plug it in to the cigarette lighter.
Orrrr I could put them under my broody hen (I have 10 chicken eggs and 4 quail eggs), Or I could try to get another hen to go broody this weekend too and split them up between the two.

What do you think?

 

[Goose and Fig]

Put them under a broody if there is room. The car sounded like I good idea- but you might have temp problems. I WISH I had ONE broody hen!

 

[Lensters]

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Could you borrow a battery as well as an inverter and leave the incubator in place? (I'm assuming it is somewhat more temperate where it normally is than the car would be.)

 

[Darin115]

Leave the lid shut on the bator. Do not open it at all during the power outage and afterwards until it comes back up to temp.

I had the same problem except I was not warned of the outage. I had a great hatch. The temps fell very little in the bator during a 3 hour outage.

I would rather take my chances than to move the eggs out of the bator.

What day will you be on?

Darin

 

[racuda]

Put a comforter over the bator for insulation.

 

[farrier!]

Converters dont pull much....... My choice would be a battery with the converter.

 

[shawnkfl]

you don't want to run a car battery in your house. unless you can provide good ventillation. they can let off some nasty gases.

 

[farrier!]

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This lost me...... "run a battery" ?
A battery is not a car....I'm lost on this one......

 

[shawnkfl]

as in use. you can just sit a battery and it will be ok. start using (running) it and it discharges, slowly releasing gases. not very good in a confined space.

 

[farrier!]

Well, I have to admit I have never seen a warming posted on the camera or flashlight batteries, even the huge ones!
If you drain the power on a wet cell battery often enough to run the cells dry you may get gasses formed but takes more then a power converter.