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As of Sunday, 9 of my incubating eggs were viable with good veining, 4 were questionable.
However, we lost power Sunday afternoon into the evening (4-5 hours), so I'm not sure how many of the eggs are still good. I will candle them again tomorrow and see what the score is. We first tried moving the incubator outside into the sun, but the temperature rose too high and was erratic. We then heated water on a propane gas burner and filled empty bottles, putting them into the incubator to act like the old-fashioned red Hot Water Bottles. This worked well, although we had to watch continuously to maintain the correct temperature. The Genesis 1588 can be operated using a special cable and a car battery, so guess what I ordered first thing Monday morning?? I had another batch of eggs that I had been collecting during the week, so I put them into incubator #2 on Monday. Once the cables arrive, I can always combine the eggs into one incubator and run it off the battery if the power goes out again. Unfortunately, power outages are not an uncommon occurence here.
hey thats sad how many hatched ? good idea with the hotwater bottles ! i got eggs in my incubator at the moment i will have to get my hubby to rig something up just in case ! im currently looking for serama chickens or eggs at the moment so hard i live in Australia and i havnt found anyone yet ! my hubby and i spent 2 weeks welding together a chook pen and hutch and me being a animal freak especial birds/poultry im going to build another pen outside my study so i can watch my seramas when i get them ha ha !if you could provide me with any help i would be gratefull ! kind regards Cheryl 0488977295 cakezic@hotmail.com
Cheryl-
I finally decided to make the investment and spend the extra money…I just bought a large boat battery and special cables that fit the incubator, so the next time the power goes out, I will be prepared! The power went out last Sunday evening, and the incubator went down to 90 degrees, with 3 dozen eggs in it! No room for heated water bottles of any kind! So, since I enjoy this whole process so much, I figured I didn’t have much of a choice…24 of the eggs were on Day 8, so I have my fingers crossed that the only result will be a longer time before hatching…Wish me luck!
I don’t personally ship eggs, because the hatch rate is so low on eggs that have traveled via the Post Office, but there are people who do…Have you checked out Ebay or Eggbid? Perhaps that would be a viable option, considering your situation.