Lockdown day - no movement?

[shedinator]

I posted about this in the turkey thread, but didn't see a response.

We had a major power outage Tuesday thru this morning. I got our incubator into my electric car, and used an inverter to keep the Bator going, but temps fluctuated a lot in the first 24 hours because of the new environment.

Weds evening was the start of lockdown, and when I candled beforehand, I didn't see movement in any of the eggs. So far no hatch activity, either. Is there a way to tell if the outage killed them all, or should I just wait until Sunday and see if any of them make it?

 

[ladydi]

I’d just wait until Sunday. See what happens. Good luck.

 

[shedinator]

Really hoping this is a good sign.

 

[obicat]

If its a crack it is Hard to tell from the photo though!

 

[shedinator]

If its a crack it is Hard to tell from the photo though!

It's definitely a crack! Only one I can see, but we're just reaching the end of day 26 and it's so hard to get a good look through the windows. So I'm not counting my turkeys just yet, but I'm a little more hopeful than I've been since Wednesday.

 

[obicat]

Any update?

 

[shedinator]

It's looked like this for about 18 hours now, so I'm starting to get nervous about when the zipping will happen, but I hear peeps and see the beak moving. Not seeing pipping on any of the other eggs.

 

[shedinator]

Still no additional shell removal. At what point do y'all usually intervene?

 

[shedinator]

Well, rats. After no add'l shell removal for another 24 hours and no noises or movement since noon, I finally decided to help it out, As soon as I got the egg, the poult popped right out, but I'm pretty sure it's dead. Still no pips on the rest. Tornadoes suck.