Im glad you were able to help the one out. What causes spraddle leg do you know? I'm worried about 1 egg that goes into lockdown tomorrow night, it is a shipped egg & has a horrible saddle shaped aircell. Have read many post that people on here comment about those kind have a tendency to pip on the wrong end. The unfortunate thing is I will be going out of town tomorrow night until mid morning Christmas day. I feel so bad because I planned so poorly. I Didn't have the forsight when I ordered the eggs that the eggs would ship late because of the Thanksgiving holiday or that the shippers might of bottlenecked themselves with auctions ending too near Thankgiving. Most of my eggs did not ship out as stated on the auction. Thus backing up my hatch date into a Holiday that I wasn't even going to be home for. On top of it the weather man is calling for 6 inches of wet, heavy snow for our area just when we're leaving to head to our daughter & son-in-laws house for Christmas eve & Christmas morning. Those kind of storms usually cause power outages and we won't even be home to do anything about it. Just hoping and praying that all goes well and that the electric stays on.
but everybody else (14 remaining) looked good. I have a few eggs rocking around. I'm so excited, but trying hard to stay grounded. I have continued to struggle with fluctuating temps, and have a hard time keeping the humidity up. I've been weighing a few eggs periodically. They seem to have lost either the perfect amount, or slightly too much. I've really increased the humidity, and installed a tube so I can add water without opening the bator. Hopefully they won't lose too much more and end up shrink wrapped again. And hopefully they won't get too much and drown when pipping. Ah! So much to worry about! Fortunately, I'm hosting Christmas Eve for 24 people, and haven't even begun to wrap gifts for my 5 kids...So I should have plenty to keep me busy while I wait on pins and needles.
