That's right. A pip!!
Early on, we resigned ourselves to NOT hope for or expect any results from our first hatch. Our very well packed eggs came very battered with 6 broken and 1 cracked out of 15, and although we spent days regulating our still air LG 9200 bator, we've had some wild temp spikes and drops-- so we figured we'd probably just let it be, and probably be throwing away a carton of 8 unhatched eggs about Memorial day. We have candled and seen three eggs that we thought were "possibles"-- still, not getting our hopes up too high..
Even so, we worked diligently to control the temps ( by covering the bator, or pulling the vent plugs instead of adjusting the thermostat, since we had already spent days getting it to 99.5 wiggler temp- so we let it be), and on day 18 set the eggs up in a carton and raised the humidity)
And there it is-- on day 20 -- the "clear as day" pip, right on the perfect spot on the egg!! NOW I know what gets you all so excited and addicted.. Even if it doesn't hatch, I KNOW now that we did the best we could and have gotten at least one peep this far, so even with a set of doubtful circumstances, we've got the knowledge we need to pull a hatch through!!
The down side.... I have to leave for work in 30 minutes for a 4 hour workshop, followed by an 8 hour work shift!!!!!! Hubby will be home, and I might have an hour to run home in between, but I'm not going to be paying much attention to the workshop, that's for sure!!!!!
Wish us luck!!!!
Early on, we resigned ourselves to NOT hope for or expect any results from our first hatch. Our very well packed eggs came very battered with 6 broken and 1 cracked out of 15, and although we spent days regulating our still air LG 9200 bator, we've had some wild temp spikes and drops-- so we figured we'd probably just let it be, and probably be throwing away a carton of 8 unhatched eggs about Memorial day. We have candled and seen three eggs that we thought were "possibles"-- still, not getting our hopes up too high..
Even so, we worked diligently to control the temps ( by covering the bator, or pulling the vent plugs instead of adjusting the thermostat, since we had already spent days getting it to 99.5 wiggler temp- so we let it be), and on day 18 set the eggs up in a carton and raised the humidity)
And there it is-- on day 20 -- the "clear as day" pip, right on the perfect spot on the egg!! NOW I know what gets you all so excited and addicted.. Even if it doesn't hatch, I KNOW now that we did the best we could and have gotten at least one peep this far, so even with a set of doubtful circumstances, we've got the knowledge we need to pull a hatch through!!
The down side.... I have to leave for work in 30 minutes for a 4 hour workshop, followed by an 8 hour work shift!!!!!! Hubby will be home, and I might have an hour to run home in between, but I'm not going to be paying much attention to the workshop, that's for sure!!!!!
Wish us luck!!!!
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