Incubator broke during hatch!

[Dimples_vixi]

Hi,

Looking for advice or personal experiences please. My turkey eggs are day 28, 4 hatched yesterday. Unfortunately my incubator decided to blow the heating element this morning about 2 hours ago And drop to 27.5C. I’ve put 4 chicks in the brooder, but the last of the eggs feel cool, I’ve put bottles of hot water in the incubator which has upped it to 32C. Hopefully a friend is dropping their incubator round shortly. Any experiences on if the eggs may make it or if I need to do anything extra to help them along?

Thank you in advance

 

[cavemanrich]

Not sure what to suggest,,, Can you somehow insert a light bulb inside to raise the temperature??? I know it gets tricky, and you may not have the old style light bulbs, You may also not have a small light bulb holder fixture. If you had an old lam availble, you could be able to use contents from it. As for old type of light bulb,, (non CFL,or LED) you can find a 40 watt bulb inside your oven light, and refrigerator light. Just use temporarily.
WISHING YOU A GOOD HATCH,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Pork Pie]

The chances of survival increases with age. I have had successful, though delayed hatches due to 12hour power outages in the past. The sooner you get your friend’s incubator up and running, the better since an elevated humidity is crucial at this stage. Take a look at this link, just in case - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

 

[Dimples_vixi]

Thank you both, they were transferred to the other incubator within 3 hours. 2 had pipped last night but I can’t even see the pips now. Time will tell. Sods law, I’ve never had an issue that that incubator until this morning.