I have a bone to pick with all you incubating ppl...

[ChelliesSassySeramas]

Listen here you incubating men and women of this backyard chicken world....

Y'all didnt warn nobody about how addicting this mess is and how it CONSUMES your life!! This is my first time incubating eggs and I think Im worse then the a real mother hen...cant go 30 mins/hour without checking the humidity and temp on all my gadgets.....shining my candling flashlight thru the plastic of the incubator just to see the little 'chicken beans' do their shimmying and make sure veins are still there....when I'm not even home I'm still wondering if they're okay. WHAT IN FRESH HELL!?...

Why didn't I read any of this in a forum or book!? Or am I just bonkers??

 

[Tonyroo]

Your just crazy. Lol.

 

[Painted Calls]

Stay very far away from hatching addicts like @The Moonshiner!

 

[Painted Calls]

Though he's not the crazy addict you are. He's a "set it and forget it" addict.

I feel your pain on the checking them constantly thing. Though I only hatch Calls now and they kind of need the hovering.

 

[SmiYa0126]

I got so little sleep when I was near hatching and when they were hatching.....sleep? What's sleep?

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Its all fun and games until its lockdown....then the stress comes out big time lol

 

[Painted Calls]

I got so little sleep when I was near hatching and when they were hatching.....sleep? What's sleep?

@HeatherKellyB can relate to this!

 

[Jaime918]

Haha. Yup, hatched 4 times in less than six months just starting out. When mine leave the brooder to go outdoors I feel like an empty nester.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I tend to forget about them a lot. I actually think I'm more attentive to the brooding hens than the incubator

 

[BlueBaby]

Welcome to the hatch-a-holic's world! Happy hatching!