Well looks like most have gone to sleep LOL . I was never able to get the generator started and my 12 volt power converter must have blown a fuse or something . A neighbor got his generator started , and invited me to bring my bator there . My only pip had never progressed since yesterday afternoon , no more were pipping , temp was at 86 ; I went anyway LOL . [ Mahonri calls me an optimist , but I wasn't feeling so much that way , I was thinking that chick probably died before the power even went out . LOL ]
It took about two hours to get the bator up to 90 , inside temps at his place were down to 60 when I got there , but I looked and saw the pip had one more chip sticking up . I just decided to crank the wafer till it ran continueously . When it hit around 93 degrees the chick started zipping , and popped the top when it reached 95 . I was amazed , but even more so when I saw another pip ! When the power came on , I loaded up and shot for home with my bator to help my landlord get his water going .
I tripped coming in the house in the dark , but never went down completely . The eggs were still in the carton but thrown to the sides, the chick still alive , so I plugged the bator in . I looked and saw another egg pipped ! The house temps are still rising [ must be in the teens outside ] and of course I'm still adjusting bator temps as the house warms up . I don't know if the two pips are still alive , or if any of the others will pip later ............... but its an absolute miracle that I even have one , so thank you Lord ! I don't know where the water went when I tripped ; the resevoirs look empty but humidity is holding . I'll be adjusting the bator for quite awhile , and waiting to see if any others survived , but my little chick is fluffed and dried already . I may take a pic in a few minutes . What a way to start 2011 !
