Oh wow ! I missed Kathy's announcement because I really did not get into the competion part of this , and as I was skimming started noticing people congratulateing me LOL . Thanks for choosing me as best partcipant or whatever it was . I really don't see why it was me ; so many others put up prizes , donated their time to make spread sheets or pages , or shared their own past experience with solving hatching problems with us inexperienced newbies ........................... I feel kinda bad in a way because , honestly , I did nothing to deserve an award . I think I was already rewarded when the Good Lord saw to it that my chicks hatched inspite of the mistakes I made with the bator , and being totally unprepared for a power outage by not testing the backup generator or 12 volt converter ......................................... then I pulled the plug on the last two unpipped eggs [ I think He was giving me a 100% hatch , on the fertile eggs anyway ] and I let him down by giving up too soon .
Thanks again .......................................... now I've got to get another cup of coffee [ getting a late start today ] , and see how many are still trying to hatch a stubborn chick .