Hands on hatching and help

[kuchchicks]

I set my eggs last night. The plan was to set them at midnight, but I ended up setting them at 10 because I remembered I have an LG and I can't set them and forget them and I wanted to sleep at some point...lol So I set them an monitored them for two hours and by midnight the temps were steady at 99.5-100.8ish. I was up every couple hours to check and they stayed steady until early this morning and one of my therms was reading 100 and 101 so I pulled the cover off the vents, (I covered them to bring the bator to temp after setting) and it's been holding at 99.5-100 steady again. Yay!! I have the shipped silkies in a cut down carton and the others on the side. I got my first turn with my eggs this morning. I am waiting to turn the silkies until tomorrow.


And I ended up leaving all 4 thermometers in there too!!! lol But they are all in sync so it's all good...lol

Amy you are so funny! The sad part is that I am the same way. I swear I worry about my eggs almost as bad as I worry about my kiddos. When they were infants I use to wake up at all hours of the night and stick my finger under their noses to make sure they were still breathing! When I set my bators I am constantly checking them for fear that something is going wrong... nothing ever is, but it doesn't stop me from getting up in the middle of the night to check them. It's even worse on day 21ish when they are hatching... I don't think I ever go to sleep that day!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Amy you are so funny! The sad part is that I am the same way. I swear I worry about my eggs almost as bad as I worry about my kiddos. When they were infants I use to wake up at all hours of the night and stick my finger under their noses to make sure they were still breathing! When I set my bators I am constantly checking them for fear that something is going wrong... nothing ever is, but it doesn't stop me from getting up in the middle of the night to check them. It's even worse on day 21ish when they are hatching... I don't think I ever go to sleep that day!

I did the same thing to my son and he co-slept with me from birth...lol A couple times I even shook him cause I couldn't tell....lol I think even if I had a Brinsea, I'd be the same way....lol During hatch I try not to have to go anywhere that causes me to be gone more than an hour or two because even if the bator has been holding steady for 2 weeks I'm afraid the one time that I leave it'll spike and kill everyone....lol

 

[kuchchicks]

YES!!! Exactly. I have tried to explain this to my husband but he just looks at me with a blank stare! Lol! I KNEW my logic was not faulty! If someone else is thinking it, it must be true!

I still co-sleep with my youngest. I would love to have just one more baby but I am sure that him co-sleeping with us at age 2 is the biggest reason that that has not happened. Oh well.

 

[pipAchick]

I did the same thing to my son and he co-slept with me from birth...lol  A couple times I even shook him cause I couldn't tell....lol  I think even if I had a Brinsea, I'd be the same way....lol  During hatch I try not to have to go anywhere that causes me to be gone more than an hour or two because even if the bator has been holding steady for 2 weeks I'm afraid the one time that I leave it'll spike and kill everyone....lol

LMBO at kuchchick with babies at night.
I would wake mine too if they slept "too long". Ha at least with the first,,,or snap awake if I heard them sigh! Fun memories

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I know, but when you see the yolk you'll have no doubt.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Guess what? I open my incubator at least ten times yesterday and the duckling still managed to hatch. Go figure...

-Kathy

 

[kuchchicks]

LMBO at kuchchick with babies at night.
I would wake mine too if they slept "too long". Ha at least with the first,,,or snap awake if I heard them sigh! Fun memories

Or wake with crazy fear if God forbid they actually slept through the night!!!

 

[kuchchicks]

Guess what? I open my incubator at least ten times yesterday and the duckling still managed to hatch. Go figure...

-Kathy

Blasphemy! LOL!

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I did make an interesting discovery... Even with the humidity very high, as in condensation all over, the one duckling was very dry, and a little chilled, so I decided to drape a dry paper towel over it to keep the circulating air from blowing directly on it. That seemed to work really well.

-Kathy

 

[EmilyB86]

Stop the bleeding immediate. Apply pressure. Sounds like the cord broke to close to his navel.

Why can't the duck stand?!