The tale of the powercut

Last night, when I was hoping for a full night sleep due to being up with my son the previous night, my daughter came in at 1:30am to tell me she couldn't get the bathroom light on so she didn't dare go to the loo.  I said the bulb must have gone, so use mine.  She said that's not working either.  In a part sleep, part awake state, I realised we were having a power cut.  No big deal right?  Wrong.  We have 15 duck eggs with 6 days left in the incubator that's reliant on the power.  The piglets are under heat in the barn and the greenhouse bench is on to look after my tender seedlings. 
The saw me on the phone to the power company to find out what's wrong.  It will be back on by 4:30 they say.  Feeling rather sad and acutely aware that we're relying on someone to supply our energy, I sat and waited with Ste.  At 2:30 I had dozed off and he woke me to say it's back on.  He checked the incubator and it had gone down to 25 for 37+. 
Please keep your fingers crossed that the ducklings make it.
The piglets were fine when I went out to feed, blearly eyed and with a stinking headache (unrelated to the night's events) and I just hope the seeds/seedlings that are reliant on the heat were unaffected.  It wasn't too cold last night, no where near freezing so may be a lucky escape.
It has started me thinking about producing our own energy though.
Incidentally, we would still be able to cool and heat the kitchen off the Aga, so that is a bonus.