leg bar eggs and power going out.

[silkymom]

we have severe storm watch, high wind already, the power is flashing on and off, i have 24 cream leg bar , and a few mutts, ee-leg bar, cooking, how long and what temp do i have to put em under my shirt and wrap up, its 90 degrees here now, i dont want to lose them,

i meant 24 total, some are ee hen. thanks all

 

[Pyxis]

At 90 degrees you'll probably be okay for a while. Throw a blanket over the incubator to keep in as much heat as you can. They can survive quite a bit of cooling, though they may hatch late.

 

[silkymom]

thanks i just wondered how low it could go, they wer put in yesterday, we only expected rain,

 

[HenHoneyGirl]

your eggs should be fine, I don't think you'll have to put them under your shirt! but you can try and keep the incubator as warm as possible, as suggested above but the worst that could happen is your eggs might hatch a bit later than expected.

 

[silkymom]

im ready with blankets, just wondered how far down thew temp can go before i take emergancy action, if the power goes out and stays out i cant get to you all, ????

 

[Pyxis]

Do you have those little hand warmers you can put in your gloves and shoes in winter? I keep those on hand for power outages and they did the trick for me in the middle of January this year during a day long power outage. I only lost one egg. At 90 degrees ambient temperature I really don't think you're going to need to take any emergency action. They'd be fine for at least a few hours, probably longer.