Incubator out for two hours on hatching day (quail)

MoxxyMay

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Jan 31, 2015
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Hi guys,
I had four hatch early but none have hatched overnight despite this being hatching day for my little quail eggs. (Day 17 ticked overvroeg day 18 at 6pm so about 12 hours ago now).

i discovered on waking that my incubator was off and cold - I must have stepped on the powerboard switch going to get more water to add around 4am.
One of the eggs has a tiny pip in it from ~9pm last night and I think started to unzip recently, possibly just before the incubator went out.

Is there any hope left for the remaining eggs? And also, am I likely to have shrink wrapped the one who pipped? Might they need help hatching it there’s no action for another day?

thank you!
 
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If the incubator was turned on as soon as you noticed it was off, I believe there is still some hope. Definitely a much lower chance, but I would still give it a shot.

Good luck 🤍 I'm curious to see what happens.
 

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