My name is Deb and I too am a hatching addict.
Last December I bought my first incubator so I could join in on the New Year's Day hatch-along. That incubator hasn't been turned off other than for cleaning ever since. In February, I had to buy a second incubator when I discovered the BYC auctions. That incubator has been running ever since as well. Of course, it wasn't long after that I needed the third incubator so I could accomplish staggered hatches. Yup, still running!
Now, the problem......I need someone to talk me down!
On Monday, I set a batch of shipped eggs (plus 4 of my own eggs, didn't want to run an incubator that wasn't full). Today, I locked down 4 eggs and 24 quail eggs. Today I filled my third incubator with two different batches of shipped eggs (and six more of my own, once again, that not full incubator thing), Donna your Ameraucana eggs are involved in that.
I'm getting the shakes just thinking about this....
I'm leaving on vacation on Oct 24th and won't be back until Nov 6th. I've decided the above sets are my last until I get back home. I didn't want to leave my house/pet sitter with newly hatched chicks, nor did I want to ask them to tend the incubators while I'm gone. Of course, my original mental cutoff date was Sept 1st, but that came and went two weeks ago. I decided the sitter (my son) wouldn't have trouble with chicks in the brooder.
Right now I'm looking at the other 6-8 dozen eggs I've collected that will now probably be going back to the girls.
The jitters are starting to set in.............
Deb
Of course, I have some eggs scheduled to ship to me on Nov 11th, so I can get the incubator going as soon as I get home..........
Last December I bought my first incubator so I could join in on the New Year's Day hatch-along. That incubator hasn't been turned off other than for cleaning ever since. In February, I had to buy a second incubator when I discovered the BYC auctions. That incubator has been running ever since as well. Of course, it wasn't long after that I needed the third incubator so I could accomplish staggered hatches. Yup, still running!
Now, the problem......I need someone to talk me down!
On Monday, I set a batch of shipped eggs (plus 4 of my own eggs, didn't want to run an incubator that wasn't full). Today, I locked down 4 eggs and 24 quail eggs. Today I filled my third incubator with two different batches of shipped eggs (and six more of my own, once again, that not full incubator thing), Donna your Ameraucana eggs are involved in that.
I'm getting the shakes just thinking about this....
I'm leaving on vacation on Oct 24th and won't be back until Nov 6th. I've decided the above sets are my last until I get back home. I didn't want to leave my house/pet sitter with newly hatched chicks, nor did I want to ask them to tend the incubators while I'm gone. Of course, my original mental cutoff date was Sept 1st, but that came and went two weeks ago. I decided the sitter (my son) wouldn't have trouble with chicks in the brooder.
Right now I'm looking at the other 6-8 dozen eggs I've collected that will now probably be going back to the girls.
The jitters are starting to set in.............
Deb
Of course, I have some eggs scheduled to ship to me on Nov 11th, so I can get the incubator going as soon as I get home..........
