What do You do when the electricity goes off?

[Motherhenandflock]

Three days into the bator and our electricity goes off!

It is on now, was off a little over 2 hours. First I covered the bator thinking that would hold the heat, then read in a book to open the bator so the eggs would have oxygen. In Gail Damarow's book; a Guide to Raising Chickens she says: if
you close the vents or wrap the incubator with blankets in your attempt to keep eggs warm, a greater danger than temperature loss is oxygen deprivation.

So what have you encountered with hatch rate after you've had a power outage?

 

[silkiechicken]

At that early stage I doubt it did anything other than slow them down a bit. They will be fine. I have eggs out for hours, put them back in and they still hatch.

 

[Pine Grove]

They will be fine, I have shipped week old embryated eggs several times( 3 days in transit) without any ill effects, except maybe a delay of a day or two in hatching

 

[Motherhenandflock]

Thanks! This being my first attempt at hatching, I am nervous to say the least!

 

[chrissieg]

It happened to me as well.... I just nipped over to my neighbour who has a generator ..... and promised to name a chick after them! Thanks Colin and Ruby from Colin and Ruby + 9!!