Power Outage May Be Expected... [A Bit Urgent]

[TheNeonPanther]

Hi fellow BYCers, here in Southeast Texas we are having storms come in Saturday night, which is a large problem because I have some quail eggs in incubation, I think they may be at day 4 or 6, not for sure. They are Tuxedo Button Quail Eggs, and due to their size I have heard they react to changes in tempiture quite quickly..
I have never had this problem so I do not know what to do or how to keep them warm if the electricity does go out... I need help on what to do ASAP if it does go out.. last time it went out it was out for a good 24 hours...

 

[Jchicken311]

That is tricky, we had our incubator loose power for 3 hrs but the eggs were okay

........those were also chicken eggs though, I don't know about quail eggs............You will have to absolutely keep it closed and warm but, i am not sure can't think of something to help, maybe someone else can help.

Hope your eggs do okay

 

[TheNeonPanther]

That is tricky, we had our incubator loose power for 3 hrs but the eggs were okay

........those were also chicken eggs though, I don't know about quail eggs............You will have to absolutely keep it closed and warm but, i am not sure can't think of something to help, maybe someone else can help.

Hope your eggs do okay

Thank you, luckily the power lines here are strong, so I am hoping for the best!

 

[Metolious]

Last week my Incuview power supply blew out during day 9 of my quail incubation (Incubator Warehouse sent out a new power supply, arrived today). I had 41 quail eggs in my incubator. It was my first time incubating. I put in so much money, research and work into them that when I realized my incubator was busted, I panicked. I put my eggs under my brooder lamp to try to keep them at least warm, but some of them were cooked and others were cool. I ran to the store to buy their incubator which was a cheap piece of junk, but it was all I could use.

The Incuview can run off of a battery with this accessory, but I don't have it.

 

[caesargirl]

So, how did it go? Did you lose power? Hope all is well with your eggs....
I live in Maine and we are going to be entering storm season pretty soon. I decided to look into battery back up heaters, just in case. Here's a link to one I just purchased online. I'll be building a basic back up bator with this. Hopefully I won't have to use it, but....
I know Texas has some phenomenal storms, so maybe this can be useful to you or anyone else who read this!!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/pr...ator-proportional-thermostat-fan-heater-combo

 

[TheNeonPanther]

So, how did it go? Did you lose power? Hope all is well with your eggs....
I live in Maine and we are going to be entering storm season pretty soon. I decided to look into battery back up heaters, just in case. Here's a link to one I just purchased online. I'll be building a basic back up bator with this. Hopefully I won't have to use it, but....
I know Texas has some phenomenal storms, so maybe this can be useful to you or anyone else who read this!!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/pr...ator-proportional-thermostat-fan-heater-combo

We got VERY lucky, the transformer blew up on the street behind us, but somehow our power stayed up!
Thank you for the link!