What to do if your Egg Incubator Loses Power
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- Power outages are a real thing during hatching season. We had out power go out four times in one week thanks to some wild storms. Here's what you can do to hopefully keep your eggs incubating and keep a good hatch.
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oh good lord ! ...first response is to "keep those babies warm" ! we really appreciate how you mentor other folks by sharing your "mistakes" (learning moments). Thanks again
Our incubator was plugged into a smart plug. Alexa thought nobody was in the room, so it decided to turn it off in the middle of the night (Alexa's hunch was not set up, but it kicked in automatically). Thank you for your informative video!!
Hi there! Here in Southern Oklahoma and a nasty thunderstorm caused our power to go out. Thank you so much for your video filled with tips. God bless and take care!
Glad it was helpful!
If you are incubating eggs on a regular basis and a failed hatch would set you back, I would recommend investing in an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS). This is a type of power strip that has built in batteries that automatically switches to battery power and sounds off an alarm so you can appropriately respond.
Ooooh I hadn’t heard of one of those but I am definitely going to look into it. Thank you!
Or you can buy a 12 volt 2amp battery supply since most of the incubator works at 12 v.
Life saver. Literally. Thanks!
So welcome!
Sooooo grateful thank you ❤
Wow thanks for the information I used to cover my eggs with clothes and soo many egg gets spoiled
FFF ,triple f ....loving it
Update: Our lights were out for a little over 4 hours. House temp was probably low to mid-60s. Out of 13 fertile eggs, 12 have hatched healthy baby chicks.
Original: I just lost power. It's my 1st time incubating. We're at day 11, and I immediately put a towel around them. Luckily, right after that, I found this and took it off. So hopefully everything works out!
I did the same thing the first time my power went out. 😆 Here is hoping it comes back in soon! 🤞🏻
Please respond if after plugging again when can I manually rotate eggs, and when to candle. Cover was on with no power for 5 hrs. They are on 7th day of incubation
Thank you
Omg i can breathe again. Power company decided that they will power outage me the 12.05 for a couple of hours and my babies are nearly ready to hatch (15.05) so i have been so worried about them. Curse the company that does have to do maintenance in the yearly hatching time!
I hope you get a great hatch! ❤️
How do you set the timer to the time when the power goes out, so if it goes out on day 14 but comes back on in 20 minutes. How do u put the timer back to 14 days? It automatically resets to 21 days...that will mess up the turning schedule . So is there a way to plug in and start it at 14days or whatever days are left?
If you have the same incubator I do, this has instructions for how to change the days. See step 4. media.tractorsupply.com/is/content/TractorSupplyCompany/tsc/product/1/29/21/33/1292133_Man1.pdf
My power flickered and I think it affected the countdown on the machine. It’s got me second guessing because I didn’t write it down and was totally dependent on that countdown. It days I’m three days till hatch-give or take a few days if it did take away time. Think that’s a huge deal to up the humidity if it is a day or two off?
I wouldn’t think it would be make or break right there at the end. Especially if you have been consistent most of the time. I believe I’m the humidity being too LOW would be more of an issue as then it can dry out and make things harder for them to break out of.
1have a 4days old eggs which just started to develop blood vessels,
There is a power outage in my area and is said to be lasting for 7hours approx.
,should i simply keep it open? Please reply please!
Sorry I didn’t see this earlier! But yes if you left the lid off they should have been just fine for seven hours.
what are the thing that can couse the incubator to laying more days ???
please tell me becouse i met that issues
Do you mean it took longer than what it said for the eggs to hatch?
Or did the incubator add days to what you thought it was set to?
Oh no, I think I found this 7 hours too late. They keep bumping the time we were supposed to be back up. I didn't think it would be this long and I wrapped in blankets 😩
Still worth trying! ❤
Hi soo if electricity cut off for 2 hours I have to keep it open for 2 hours
Yep! Make sure it’s not drafty or anything and they should be just fine.
Our power just went out about 10 minutes ago
I heat 3 day ago i losse power 7 hrs it’s still ok or not?
Should be okay this early in the incubation period and for that amount of time. Good luck!
The power went off in my incubator while I was asleep. I think it was off for 2 to 3 hours, so I just turned it back on as soon as I saw it out. Will the eggs be okay? They are around six days into incubation.😮
I wouldn’t worry too much about such a short window, especially with them being in their first week.
My incubator was off for about 5 hrs thet are on the 7th day of incubation. Will they survive, when can I candle them and keep turning manually?
Hi, have you candled them?
I have that problem but 5 hrs when I saw incubator was unplugged and I manually turn them and dont know when I should after turning it on again. 6nhrs have gone by
@@photographyandnatureobserv2092 I would go right back to the normal routine. I usually candle once a week. So maybe three times total before hatch?
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Thank you good news just candled two and one is moving. I rotated all.
Im happy now. Thank you very much, blessings
I have an ac adapter I can use in my car for my incubator. 🤔
I had read about that as an option! I think it's great for shorter term outages but I think it might be trickier if you have it out for a long time. It would be a bummer to run your car for so long.
Omg I put a blanket on my incubator 😫
I did the same thing so don’t feel bad! I mean it seems to make sense! The other reason aside from oxygen I forgot to mention, is that if you only keep them kind of warm they continue to develop but may develop funky.
@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouseWe live in Puerto Rico and this is the hurricane season, we just had a small storm and the power company here is really inefficient 😫They are Plymouth rock chicken eggs, my husband and I are so impressed with the weight of the eggs, that we really hope they didn't smother with the blanket. Let's hope for the best...Thankyou for replying to my comment 🐣🐤🐥
@@michelesanchez6828 Just saw this! Did they pull through??
@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse only one out of 30 eggs☹
@@michelesanchez6828 Oh nooo! I’m so sorry. :(