OMG the power went out, are my eggs going to die?? (They hatched!)

[owlett5]

Omg as if I hadn't already had enough issues with this eggs, with the first shipment being frozen, I finally have a good batch of eggs and the power went out. They are on day ten. We have no power and there's no way to warm them.

Are they going to die???

 

[enola]

Do you have a way to heat water ?

 

[owlett5]

Nope, the stove is electric ):

 

[owlett5]

How long will they tolerate being kept at less than optimal temps? The room temp of the house is about 68 degrees, and they are in the incubator, which I haven't opened, so it should stay above thatfor at least an hour I would guess. The worst part is that this is happening while I"m at work, so I can't get home to my eggs. I found out the power went out when my friend alerted me that my skype call ended and it never resigned in. So I can assume that they are without power.

We're getting some heavy snow right now too, so I was worried this might happen. ):

 

[enola]

I left my incubator open for 10 hours one time and over half of the eggs still hatched. .....

Do you have a friend that still has electric on?

 

[owlett5]

I left my incubator open for 10 hours one time and over half of the eggs still hatched. .....

Do you have a friend that still has electric on?

That's really good to know that you still had hatch after leaving it open for so long! Sadly I don't really know anyone in this area yet, I just moved up here not too long ago, and the only people I know also happen to be the people I work with lol . . .

I work a 12 hour night shift so hopefully when I get home I have power. Hopefully I get hatch!! >.< I crossed my fingers and I promise if I get even one chick, any bird that hatches is going to be freezer-free for the rest of its natural life!

 

[enola]

Lights back on yet?

 

[dc3085]

Start a fire and heat up some rocks. Then put those rocks under the incubator. How do you think incubators worked a thousand years ago?

Ok but seriously you will probably still get a hatch out of them as long. Keep in mind the hen gets up to eat/drink when she is setting them so there are tolerances. I had to leave on a family emergency once and moved my eggs to an ice chest incubator and ran it off the power inverter in my truck. it ran about 80* for at least 12 hours. I still got a hatch out of those eggs

 

[owlett5]

The power came back on during the night and they are back to temp. I'm keeping myself hopefull. Lockdown is at the end of the weeks here's hoping!

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

I set my first batch of coturnix eggs earlier this moths and after candling, I forgot to close the lid for close to 6 hrs and I still got 15 out of 32 eggs hatched.....then my mothers cat got in the bedroom and got two babies and knocked the brooder lamp down....burnt a hole in the floor but didnt kill any other chicks thank god