Set eggs 3/17.... Anyone else?

Yes.  I just turned on the incubator with 40 EE  this morning 3/18 and  started reading on line. Then I decided to sign up and participate  instead of just reading. Been reading about a year now  since I brought the EE's home.

So I should have  few hours of heads up notice when yours start to cheep. Had raised chickens as a kid for a few years and didn't want to do Leghorns or Rhode Island Reds this time so I picked  Easter Eggers all pullets and ended up with a rooster also. This year the goal is to get a few more Blues to  raise (just really like the coloring and seems more social).  I saw you had  lavender Orps and thought  this is a good match.  My older brother is retired Navy and lives near Fredricksburg and had raised chickens  with me when we were kids. Will check in every night  or at egg turning time as they are next to the computer for the next three weeks. Should be fun. Thanks for starting this post and inviting others. I'm in Michigan.

just got done setting eggs today around 11am...mine are 15 barnyard mixes, and trying to accomplish this in a little giant with egg turner but no fan.......also a first timer with lots of questions..... keeping fingers crossed!!!

Just got home and turned all 40. More than willing to trade you interaction for an egg turner. Not minding the  labor but thinking if I drop one of these... 40 X 3 times a day X 21 days  could just be 2,520 chances of a scramble. Hey just looked at the label and it's a Little Giant too no fan no turner. Been in the basement  many years never used. Holding at 99 F but  stuck a Wally World temp /humidity gauge and showing 33%. Small piece of towel soaked and tucked into one corner to get more moisture. Now thinking a small computer fan on a repeat cycle timer is needed.   I remember the last hatch I did was  9 found pheasant eggs in a field put  in a box with a light bulb and tin foil and a mason jar lid for water with a  baby thermometer, about 1970 had 1 hatch. Must do better.

Temp was solid 99 this morning, humidity was 30%. Added more water and opened the wet towel a bit more. If it does not go up to 50% today it gets a bubblier with a separate water holder. Eggs were rolling around a bit while doing the morning turn. I will get better or  find a turner which is just sounding so practical.

Noon turning and the temp is good and humidity was at 60 % so the wet terry cloth brought it way up. Aiming for 50% till lock down.  Cut up some egg cartons to perch the eggs in so they don't keep rolling around while  turning. Smaller eggs or bigger cartons would work better as  am trying to keep them just a little slanted pointy end lower.