How to Stay Sane During Incubation

How to stay sane during incubation - especially lockdown.



I’m not sure if anyone has had the same problem as I have-sleeplessness, insanity, and a healthy dose of impatience, especially when it comes to those torturous last three days… but hopefully these ideas can help you through.



I know not all of these will be applicable to everyone-but hopefully at least one or two can be useful to you! Most of these aren’t egg related, as I’ve found that eggs = me thinking about eggs = me being impatient.

• Go on a walk in your neighborhood
• Watch your poultry free-range
• Give one of your chickens a bath
• Go for a hike in the woods, preferably with a chicken or dog
• Make your own bubble solution and blow the biggest bubbles you can (It’s not only for kids!)
• Go swimming
• Shop online something for yourself
• Shop online something special for your poultry
• Go outside and take pictures
• Grab your laptop and take the time to go through your emails
• Mow the lawn
• Garden
• Make lemonade
• Make a crepe cake
• Or bake something easy
• Or, try a recipe you’ve always wanted to do
• Grab your laptop and take the time to go through your emails
• Take a bubble bath
• Go outside and dance in the rain
• Do a new puzzle
• Play a board game
• Grab your sketchbook and draw
• Get this book and read it, start to finish
• Unsubscribe from all those subscriptions that you never use
• Make a fancy latte
• Deep clean your pantry
• Invite your friends over
• Answer all the ‘unanswered’ threads on BYC
• Reply to 1 thread in EVERY forum section of BYC (not including BST)
• Take a nap
• Stare at your incubator until you drop
• Have a staring contest with your eggs
• Join as many hatch-a-longs as possible
• Write a helpful article
• Give your pets a spa day
• Tie your hands behind your back
• Go on a spontaneous vacation
• Get the brooder set up-or make sure it’s perfect.
• Update your BYC signature and ‘about’ section
• Greet some new members
• Volunteer in your community
• Offer to do something nice for someone you know
• Binge watch a series of movies
• Journal
• Go through your photos
• Sew a stuffed animal
• Make a countdown chain of the HOURS until hatch day
• Watch a timelapse video of eggs hatching
• Challenge yourself to not look at the incubator for a whole 5 minutes.
• Write a short story with illustrations
• Go on a horseback trail ride
• Drive around while someone tells you random directions, such as... "Turn right! Turn right! Turn left! Go straight!"

Hopefully some of these ideas helped you! I know it's hard to wait... but patience, my friend! Patience!

Happy hatching!