Power Outage and Incubator Running

[joedie]

I have 16 guinea eggs in the bator and the power went out for 8hrs today. They are at day 19. What do you think? Will they survive it?

 

[sourland]

No problem. If they were fertile, they will survive. There may be a slightly longer incubation period.

 

[joedie]

Thanks!

 

[sourland]

Keep us informed on how the hatch goes.

 

[KrisH]

We had a nest in the Chicken house that a guinea was sitting on for weeks. throughout the time other hens kept adding eggs to the stack, then two, then three hens were on the nest. Suddenly they all ABANDONED the nest. we watched for TWO days. they just gave up. Wel l l l l....... I candled the eggs and most still had movement, and various stages of development, some had no development. I put everything that had ANY signs of movement, or no development at all into the incubators. We had guineas hach out every couple of days for about 4 weeks. Out of about 35+ eggs, only about 5 did not make it. some were weak, and we helped several out of the shell. Candled evey day and moved to the hatcher as we thought they were ready.

Sorry for the long answer to the easy question, but I would say your chances are good.

RobertH

 

[joedie]

I had assumed these keets we're due on the 14th because she was only sitting for a day ( or so I thought) but one hatched yesterday. another pipped this morning. It still nothing although I can see it moving sometimes. How long can they go from pip to zip? I don't know if I should help it or not.

 

[KrisH]

I had assumed these keets we're due on the 14th because she was only sitting for a day ( or so I thought) but one hatched yesterday. another pipped this morning. It still nothing although I can see it moving sometimes. How long can they go from pip to zip? I don't know if I should help it or not.

I was told 24 hours, but I played it by ear, and gave them at least 12 hours, then I got worried and helped them zip, and poped off the end and let them wriggle out on their own. NOT to say it should be done. but humidity was all over the place and had some that were shrink wrapped and could not zip at all.

RobertH

 

[joedie]

Thanks I'll give it till the morning and then try to help it out a little more

 

[JLeigh]

jodie: I know this sounds harsh, but I wouldn't help at all. Let nature take its course. There's a reason the keet can't hatch. It's hard to watch them try and fail but I wouldn't want to contribute bad genes to the next generation. It's really hard to do though. I've seen it in my own eggs. Did I say it's REALLY hard to do? I hated watching it, but I restrained myself. It can be done, though and sometimes things work out just fine. The pros don't do it - at least none that I know of. Failure to hatch is just part of what we have to accept.

In my limited experience - and I could easily be wrong, so don't take this as fact - I've never had an egg that zipped and not finish the hatching. I've had several that pipped, but didn't zip. Don't know why.

Once I tried to intervene and I ended up ripping some blood vessel (I guess) and I don't know if the keet bled to death or died for other reasons, but there was much blood for a wee keet, and it died anyway. I won't do it again. Just my humble and inexperienced opinion.

 

[joedie]

When I awoke this morning the second keet had arrived without any help from me. This is my second hatch and I only have one female but I was wondering....the first batch of 13 only two hatched. This is a batch of 16 and so far only two hatched. One Sunday eve and the other Tuesday morning. Why such disparity in the timing. When I hatch chicks they all seem to come within 24 hrs and most of them do hatch. Are guineas harder. I thought with the first hatch, they weren't all fertile because it was her first time laying but now?