NotAFarm, thanks for the heads up on the contest, I had overlooked that contest. I skimmed through them because I never win anything and with this being my first hatch and my first time on a hatch-a-long, I thought I would not enter any anyway. I actually have another little device that I use all the time, can I enter two?
To those fighting coughs and colds, I hope you feel better soon, spring colds are the worst! If you wanted to try the brandy and sugar, go ahead, the alcohol should cook off during the rolling boil. Still, I think the alcohol would help and I would add back a tablespoon per dose. ONE tablespoon of any alcoholic beverage is not going to hurt an adult (and I am a non-drinker saying that!) I've taken honey, mixed with a little hot water to make it thinner, added a quarter lemon's juice, then a tablespoon of brandy and it really seemed to help. Or maybe it was just the alcohol that made me feel happier, it don't take much when you don't drink at all!
Mahonri, I think I filled out a guess (first number that came to mind, kind of thing) on the contest page the day I gave in to temptation and joined the hatch. I never did get Tuscaloosa on the map and I'm not even sure I have the participation form submitted correctly. Now that there is a
Brinsea on the table, I would like to put a little thought into it. You said Nifty said one guess per member, but I was wondering if you could cancel mine now and let me really try to win that sucker! Would you check for me, please? If you needed to "de-join" me and make me start over on the forms and such, that's okay by me!
Now the questions. I lent my incubator (stryrofoam Hovabator) and eggs to my son's science class and day 21 was last Wednesday. There were no pips as of Friday, if there are no chicks on Monday would you suggest I toss the eggs, or wait a bit longer? I know that there was a spike in temp during the first week, it may have been 110. I was not there during any of the hatch, so I have no idea if things were done properly.
Next, I have 9 eggs on the counter. They are all from a hen I lost last week. I know that hatching eggs should be less than a week old but is there any chance these will hatch? Their mom was special. I would almost be willing to drop out of the hatch if I need to get them in the bator right away (when it comes home from science class.)
