My incubator stopped for 8 hours lastnight.. will my eggs still hatch? Australian summer

[Ryan E]

Hi all,

Lastnight I accidentally forgot to switch my little incubator back on after candling the eggs at 14 days. It wasnt till this morning that I had realised what I had done. Im very shattered as I really wanted babies and I had put in eggs from two new hens that I had got that had been mating with roosters of their own kind before I got them. A few of the eggs are pure light sussex and the others are speckled sussex. My rooster at home is a mixture so I really want these eggs to hatch as his sperm is now in the eggs and I will not have any other purebreads unless these eggs hatch.

Is it worth holding onto them or are they too far gone?

Please let me know.

Ryan

 

[ChickenCanoe]

This may put your mind at ease somewhat.
http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html
The following is from the above link.
~~If eggs are likely to be cooled for longer periods (more than 2 hours) the way they should be treated depends upon their state of development. If the eggs are newly set the best plan is to cool them fairly quickly down to 5 - 20°C (41 - 68°F) and hold them in this range - put them in the fridge!
This can work for eggs up to 14 days

At any rate, I wouldn't give up on them. Too cool is better than too hot.

 

[elliechooks]

Hi all,

Lastnight I accidentally forgot to switch my little incubator back on after candling the eggs at 14 days. It wasnt till this morning that I had realised what I had done. Im very shattered as I really wanted babies and I had put in eggs from two new hens that I had got that had been mating with roosters of their own kind before I got them. A few of the eggs are pure light sussex and the others are speckled sussex. My rooster at home is a mixture so I really want these eggs to hatch as his sperm is now in the eggs and I will not have any other purebreads unless these eggs hatch.

Is it worth holding onto them or are they too far gone?

Please let me know.

Ryan

Last night my eggs were pipping when I went to bed. The electrics tripped out and the incubator was off for I think about 6 hours.... I thought that would be it, incubator full of dead chicks, but no, they are all hatching now, don't think I lost any. Don't give up on them. Good luck.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

What great news.
The longer they're in there the more heat they'll generate on their own.