Well, that was fun. NOT. Spent the night with no power and three brooders of babies to keep warm. Ended up filling two liter pop bottles with hot water, covering them with towels and putting them in with the chicks. Seemed to work just fine but it was pretty much a sleepless night with me up checking on them. Glad I didn't have a bator full of eggs too. I can see us sleeping with the eggs to keep them warm.
Our mama cat who takes in all the babies we have no matter what species they are, slept up against the ducks basket beside the floor furnace. It was so sweet.