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- May 13, 2023
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Today there was a huge power outage in my area. It went from 7:30am to 3:15pm! At first I wasn’t worried, and put towels over my quail incubator, which had a day old quail baby, a quail egg that was hatching, one pipped egg and two externally pipped eggs.
All seemed well, but then disaster struck. I went to check on my eggs at around 10am, and was instantly shocked. The incubator was ice cold and the two chicks inside were shivering, huddling together for warmth. Furthermore, none of the eggs were moving or chirping anymore. I quickly unplugged the incubator from the useless power outlet and placed it carefully on the sitting room bench.
I grabbed towels and the hot water bottle from the laundry and carefully took the chicks and the eggs from the cold incubator and placed them on the tea towel. Then, I kickstarted the gas stove using a lighter and heated up some warm water for the hot water bottle. Once I had the hot water bottle, I placed it in a lidless container lined with towels and lowered the eggs into a corner, covering them in towel and the newly hatched quail in with the big one. For the rest of the power outage I stayed with them, reheating water again and again to keep the eggs and chicks warm. They snuggled up to my hand for extra warmth, and it was so cute! (Photos included)
Now, the eggs look promising and none of them were affected by the power outage too badly, and the baby quail are as cute as ever.
All seemed well, but then disaster struck. I went to check on my eggs at around 10am, and was instantly shocked. The incubator was ice cold and the two chicks inside were shivering, huddling together for warmth. Furthermore, none of the eggs were moving or chirping anymore. I quickly unplugged the incubator from the useless power outlet and placed it carefully on the sitting room bench.
I grabbed towels and the hot water bottle from the laundry and carefully took the chicks and the eggs from the cold incubator and placed them on the tea towel. Then, I kickstarted the gas stove using a lighter and heated up some warm water for the hot water bottle. Once I had the hot water bottle, I placed it in a lidless container lined with towels and lowered the eggs into a corner, covering them in towel and the newly hatched quail in with the big one. For the rest of the power outage I stayed with them, reheating water again and again to keep the eggs and chicks warm. They snuggled up to my hand for extra warmth, and it was so cute! (Photos included)
Now, the eggs look promising and none of them were affected by the power outage too badly, and the baby quail are as cute as ever.
Glad you were able to keep them warm! Horrible timing for a power outage. 
Good luck with the rest of the eggs, enjoy your chicks! 
