So it was during another trip to town that we decided to get us an incubator. Got the fancy egg turner to go with it, and all in all it was about $90 . Brought it all home, opened it up...its made out of Styrofoam? Seems like a strange way to make something that has a heater attached to it....but OK. Hubby wanted the fan attachment to go with it since it helps regulate the temperature. So after looking at the store, and such, found we had to order it. While waiting on the fan we saved eggs for a bit from our Rhode island gals. In all we have about 40 eggs ready to go, just had to keep them put up in cartons on the counter (cool, dark place) . After about a week and a half, the fan arrives. Hubby is excited, just a few minutes, and we`ll be ready to go.
OK, the fan came with instructions, but he had to wire this thing into the top of the incubator behind the heater. It took him a minute, but he finally got it. I didn't even go near it, I was sure I`d electrocute myself. I had to go to work, so I didn't need my hair in that kind of condition.
So now we had it all ready to go, set it up ,and it took a day to regulate the temperature to 99.5 degrees. We put about 40 eggs in it, and have been waiting patiently. You have to put water in the bottom under the eggs for humidity, and that's not fun because of the design. You can`t see where the water is going, or when you have enough.
Now we are waiting on day 21 or so , and then we should have some babies. We learned that not all are likely to hatch, and that's kind of sad, but it will be fun to teach the children. We can look every so often at the eggs by candling them, which is where you take a flashlight or candle and hold it up behind the egg to see what the shadow is doing. This also gives you an idea of how many will hatch.
Here`s what everything looks like now, and I will keep everyone up to date as the days go by.....
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