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Incubator unplugged!

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by westcoast, Oct 25, 2011.

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  1. Oct 25, 2011 #1
    westcoast

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    Sometime between 12:30am and 7:00am the incubator was unplugged and mysteriously a cell phone charger was plugged in its place. Arghhh! 12 Black Copper Marans eggs on day 12. Temp down to about 75 deg. F. Anyone know what I should do? What are the odds that these chicks will make it?
     

  4. Oct 25, 2011 #2
    clairabean

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    Plug it back in and DO NOT OPEN the lid until temp is back up. It takes quite awhile for the egg temp to significantly decrease.
     
  6. Oct 25, 2011 #3
    jbourget

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    you should be fine
     
  8. Oct 25, 2011 #4
    Melissa Rose

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    My incubator died on a cold night and the temp radically dropped for at least a good 12 hours! The eggs still hatched!!! [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     

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