URGENT - Emergency Hatching Station Needed!

[MROO]

QUESTION: Has anyone had luck using a brooder plate for an improvised hatching station?
Cleaning out the scatters of an abandoned broody nest, I found two dead pips.
Started to open one ... and it gasped, bled and peeped! My N360 'bator's power cord suddenly decided to fail, so I now have a partly zipped egg in my unmentionables. I planned to candle the other 14 eggs (there were four broodies on a communal nest,) but now I'm scrambling to find my little candling flashlight.

EDIT to Add: I can likely find my old brooder light, if I need it, but it's going to need a thorough cleaning, first - which is really difficult to do while your brassiere is peeping!

 

[LaurenRitz]

At this point I'd say do what you need to. The brooder plate is enough for newly hatched chicks, and with a blanket over it I'd think it would be warmer. Use a thermometer to check, but when I tested mine it was around 98 degrees. Certainly better than nothing!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Use your phone's flashlight to candle? In a dark room I think it will do in a pinch. Good luck, MROO, keep us posted!

 

[LaFleche]

Post in thread 'Broody abandoned actively hatching eggs! No incubator!'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ching-eggs-no-incubator.1663594/post-28595946

 

[MROO]

Post in thread 'Broody abandoned actively hatching eggs! No incubator!'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ching-eggs-no-incubator.1663594/post-28595946

I did - it's cross-posted! I REALLY don't want to lose these babies I didn't think I wanted!

 

[LaFleche]

I did - it's cross-posted! I REALLY don't want to lose these babies I didn't think I wanted!

You did what?

The text was generated automatically when I posted the link for you to see. It was not a request.
Breathe.... breathe...

And try the oven method, it really works quite well.

 

[MROO]

You did what?

The text was generated automatically when I posted the link for you to see. It was not a request.
Breathe.... breathe...

And try the oven method, it really works quite well.

Cross-posted - posted it under "Hatching," too.
Oven method?
Mine's a fumey propane oven.

 

[LaFleche]

Oven method?
Mine's a fumey propane oven.

Is there any neighbor that would let you use their electric oven?

Electric blanket maybe?

 

[nuthatched]

Do you have a crock pot?

 

[nuthatched]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-a-crock-pot-incubator.1477855/#post-24623298