November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

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Yesterday I checked my eggs and went to sleep around 9:30 AM. It was VERY windy and the power was out when I woke up around 4pm. The incubator temp was down to 62 degrees, not sure how long the power was out for but I imagine a while, I got the incubator plugged back in and warming up around 5 pm. They are approximately 5-6 days through their incubator period at that point.

I know eggs can tolerate some periods of lower temps but what is the likelihood they will make it? Should I expect quite a few losses and those that do develop could they have issues with health? Wondering if I should just start saving more eggs to try again...
 
This is our now 5 week old chick hatched from our broody hen. Do you think it's a hen or a rooster? I am leaning towards rooster, but curious what everyone else thinks. Daddy is a RIR and mama is either a White Leghorn or a Red Sex Link. Not sure which the egg came from.


 
Thanks to all that helped me with my first hatch... we now have little Kona... the cutest baby silkie around :)
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sweetappleacres said:
Do broody hens chip away at expired eggs? I've had 2 hens do this now. My latest one today. A chick was apparently struggling to hatch and never made it past making a large hole (about pencil eraser sz). When I went to chk on it I noticed a lot of the eggshell had been chipped off but not the membrane. The chick had obviously expired. I just wanted to know if this was normal.
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Hi, Hens will sometimes try to help the chick out...................
 
Manningjw said:
Yesterday I checked my eggs and went to sleep around 9:30 AM.  It was VERY windy and the power was out when I woke up around 4pm. The incubator temp was down to 62 degrees, not sure how long the power was out for but I imagine a while, I got the incubator plugged back in and warming up around  5 pm.  They are approximately 5-6 days through their incubator period at that point.

I know eggs can tolerate some periods of lower temps but what is the likelihood they will make it?  Should I expect quite a few losses and those that do develop could they have issues with health?  Wondering if I should just start saving more eggs to try again...
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This article might help http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html
 
MrsJenSmith2007 said:
This is our now 5 week old chick hatched from our broody hen. Do you think it's a hen or a rooster? I am leaning towards rooster, but curious what everyone else thinks. Daddy is a RIR and mama is either a White Leghorn or a Red Sex Link. Not sure which the egg came from.
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I'd say roo, and I'd say momma was a red sexlink since they are usually created with a barring patterned bird.
 

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