Power outage!

[hannt93]

So on the second day of lockdown there was a power outage for two hours the temperature dropped 10 degrees. Just wondering how will that effect the hatch?

 

[loveourbirds]

it shouldn't affect it much, but watch for curled toes.

 

[hannt93]

Ok thanks I thought curled toes were from to long in the incubator after they hatched

 

[loveourbirds]

several things can cause it, taking to long to hatch is probably the main thing. if this is your first hatch, don't be to eager to help them out.

 

[hannt93]

No this is not my first hatch I have just never had a power outage during a hatch before

 

[ozexpat]

the eggs at that age are generating a fair bit of heat. odds are there wont be any effect from the temp drop.

good luck

 

[hannt93]

So an update the hatch went horrible so I got 9 out of the 38 eggs that were alive the week before when I candle to hatch. Out of those 9 five died before they even dried do to the fact that the yolk hadn't been sucked into the belly of the chick

 

[loveourbirds]

ok, time to figure out what went wrong. the yolk being outside is affected by low temps, but usually not affected by less than 24 hours of a temp drop. did you help any of them out of the shell?

 

[hannt93]

No I didn't

 

[loveourbirds]

i guess the temp drop could have caused this, but its not common. your temp drop is no worse than the hen getting off the nest for a little bit. if you try another hatch, and still have the problem, raise the temperature a degree on the following hatch. did they hatch on day 21 as planned?