Have 3 batches hatching today that were in incubator during the hurricanes and were without power for a few days. Today is October 31st and 60 days was on 28th and 29th. I incubate 87-88F and I make 60 days because that is my day to cut if they haven’t already pipped. Most of the time I get pips around 55-56 days. Just FYI the few days did seem to affect things but they all healthy. I cut all of these yesterday and today windowed the ones where the veins were gone. Only one out on his own so far. The outage was a month ago, so half way into incubation. Bottom line is it seems to have had no ill effects. When I got to them an started the generator the temp inside the incubator was 75 and seemed stabilized.
I’m very glad that the hurricanes didn’t hurt the incubation process. And I’m sorry for all your property that the hurricanes wreaked havoc on.
What are the dark babies? I want to get a very dark one someday, they’re so pretty. And I love the pieds. Your others are very nice too; pieds and super dark morphs are in my top 5 favorite looks!
P.S. Govees are awesome (unless that is a similarly-looking brand with the same stats)
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Those are Dragon Hatch and they ok but not seeing much benefit over the light fixture grates, I always torched the cut ends so didn’t have sharp edges anyway. Some eggs are too big and if they all stuck together, which most are, they sit up too high for my tubs and sometimes touch the top and that isn’t good.
The dark babies are from:
F- Black Pastel
M- Black Pastel + Black Head + GHI
They are probably Super Black Pastel and hoping also Black Head and I know they could have issues but I have a longer term goal of getting S.BP+S.BH+S.GHI. Haven’t seen a S.BP + BH even yet so hoping I have one here. Not sure what they should even look like so if you have a pic would appreciate one.
Thanks for the kind words in your posts, I saw them. Life goes on.
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So glad these babes made it! @gina5678 read my mind on those dark babes. I am a black head super fan. Would love to know what you are planning on doing with them after sheds etc.
But ALL the babes are keepers in my book! 
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As stayed I have a goal to see what a S.BP+S.BH +S.GHI looks like. I have an assortment with all 3 and some supers +. I don’t own a S.GHI.
The 2 lighter dark ones I assume are BH+BP+GHI and I only need females in that, already have male. I would give up only a S.BP male out of the dark ones, anything else I have a use for. Not sure what the one I didn’t window is, he seemed to be a day behind the others and I’m not one to be cutting thru veins just for my own impatience.
I am assuming the normal looking one is exactly that.
Obviously this is a longer term project.
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Glad they made it through the incubation challenge with the hurricane! That takes a special kind of fortitude. Congrats on the beautiful babies!
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Darks after cleanup.
Guesses welcome…
but I’m guessing 3 are S.BP (+ BH hopefully?).
The 2 are BP+BH+GHI I think.
The solo is normal or maybe GHI because the pattern is a little wonky.
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UPDATE: the last of clutches in incubator during hurricane are out. It seems those that were on the earlier end of development when power went out had more problems. The vast majority were good. However I had 2 deformed babies and only 1 can be attributable to genetics. One is blind in one eye and severely kinked, but was also multiple black genes including super black pastel, so inconclusive. Other was a nice pied, no sketchy genes, blind in one eye and half head and body deformed. Couldn’t absorb yolk and died during hatching, siblings fine.
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1st one pipped 12-1-24, laid sometime during hurricane Milton. Discovered October 14th because I was super busy saving houses around then. Could be 2 super HiOD+ so glad they
made it. 2 molded out of 5, they were rough looking.
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That’s a beauty! 