Rural Gardening: My eggs are Dead !! So Sad :(, 1 by Harmonyplace

Harmonyplace wrote:
After i left here yesterday out went the lights!! I went down to my pens and my pigeon pen was tetering on collapse and the others had 5 inches of snow on them. Tree limbs all around and trees bending i moved some in the path of a tree. We pushed snow till i was tired and cold i fell twice and then i thought MY CHICKS!! and Jelly Bean so my son helped me get the 5 out of the brooder pen and Jelly Bean went in a cage. Off to the house in the panic of moving and shoveling i said when i reached the door "MY EGGS"!
We piled on the towels and i crossed my fingers after 8 hours and no sleep no light's! I gave up and went to bed at 10:00 the oil lamp just wasn't doing a whole lot of light. But the wood stove was keeping us warm and all the animals we had brought in. Up and Down most of the night and just tired and wanting the lights on for my eggs
Lights Came on after 14 hours and i checked my incu cold as ice and candled the eggs ***Dead*** no movement and some had slipped to the bottoms of the eggs. Tore my heart out Just made me sick to see the little life forms so still and it looked like as i candled them it was going to be a great hatch. No little crelle or self blue, barred , or millie's and my fawn duckwings it was their first eggs this season just ruined I'm just heartbroken..........