Incubator lost power

[curliegirlie89]

Help! My incubator lost power today and I have 5 duck eggs inside. The eggs were set exactly 1week ago. The power was off for no more than 8 hours but at least for 3-ish hours. My daughter said the eggs were “stone cold” when she found the incubator was off. Any idea how to tell if the eggs are still viable and the ducklings will grow? I have an egg candler but I figured it won’t tell me if the eggs are dead or not. Any suggestions.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Help! My incubator lost power today and I have 5 duck eggs inside. The eggs were set exactly 1week ago. The power was off for no more than 8 hours but at least for 3-ish hours. My daughter said the eggs were “stone cold” when she found the incubator was off. Any idea how to tell if the eggs are still viable and the ducklings will grow? I have an egg candler but I figured it won’t tell me if the eggs are dead or not. Any suggestions.

Why don’t you think the candler won’t tell you anything?

 

[curliegirlie89]

Why don’t you think the candler won’t tell you anything?

I figured it was show if the egg is developing but not if the embryo is now dead.

 

[Knighstar679]

Help! My incubator lost power today and I have 5 duck eggs inside. The eggs were set exactly 1week ago. The power was off for no more than 8 hours but at least for 3-ish hours. My daughter said the eggs were “stone cold” when she found the incubator was off. Any idea how to tell if the eggs are still viable and the ducklings will grow? I have an egg candler but I figured it won’t tell me if the eggs are dead or not. Any suggestions.

Let them warm up. At least 8 to 12 hours back to temp. Then candle. You might be able to see the heartbeat still at that age. But I would leave them in and see if they grow and change over the next week. They are pretty harty these little duck eggs. I had a power outage on mine that was only on day 2/3 and today they are showing growth. They might have a l late hatch. But they can still hatch.

 

[MagpieDucks]

I figured it was show if the egg is developing but not if the embryo is now dead.

Nope, actually, it can tell you both. If you see good veins and some movement the egg is alive. If you see a pool of blood veins in a circle around the egg it is most likely dead. Don’t throw out anything unless you are absolutely sure it is dead.

 

[curliegirlie89]

Why don’t you think the candler won’t tell you anything?

Plus I’m not very experienced at candling eggs.

 

[Jpat]

My lightbulb whent out on my last incubation.

the lightbb cracked so it happened when i turned the humidity up, meaning it was out for 6 to 10 hours

they were day 24, temp whent down to 14 degrees. they all hatched!

Just leave the incubator do its work and keep turning, waatch if they keep developing

 

[MagpieDucks]

What kind of candler do you have?

 

[curliegirlie89]

What kind of candler do you have?

I think it’s a MagicFly.

 

[jolenesdad]

If you have a smartphone and a magic fly candler, you may be able to get photos and get some help with what you see.

If it were me, I would let them get to temp, candle them tomorrow, and then candle them again the following or 2 days after and check for progress from what is seen tomorrow.

I’ve read lots of scholarly articles about loss of temperature during incubation and I would think you will be fine.