Okay everyone.... the question is "SHOULD I QUIT NOW?" seeing that I had a 100% hatch rate I really can't do any better then that so I should just quit now with a perfect record!
I ordered 3 bantam barevelder fertile eggs from http://www.gabbardhatchingeggs.com and they arrived in wonderful packaging and she put an extra one in so I ended up with 4 eggs. Not doing much research I bought a little giant with forced air and automatic egg turner at the local feed store and decided to incubate eggs for the very first time!
I candeled them almost every day and they were all moving and growing and everything was great... the temp, although a very sensitive adjuster, stayed pretty constant between 99.1 and 100.9.... until day 16 when the breaker tripped during the night at some time and I came in the morning to find it at 70 degrees inside... I was very worried. On day 18 at lockdown all 4 were still moving.
day 21 came and went with nothing, then day 22 3 were hatched with day 24 (today) the last one hatching! As much as I wanted to help when I thought they were taking too long, with the help of everyone here I was patient and it turned out for the best.
After reading all the posts on here I consider myself very very very lucky to have all 4 chicks considering it was my first time... it was a mail order... and a little giant incubator... and with the temp drop. I really appreciate all the help you all gave me throughout... what an awesome awesome website.
Also, a shout out to Julie at gabbard hatching eggs because obviously she send quality eggs that she carefully packs and that of course made a big difference. I got this type because I have read that they are very very calm and docile and I thought it would be the perfect ones to start with.... they are awesome little critters and very very tiny. Here are the first picture I took of them after putting them in their new home for the next few weeks.... I can't wait to incubate again..... but again the question is should I just quit now with a perfect record?
I ordered 3 bantam barevelder fertile eggs from http://www.gabbardhatchingeggs.com and they arrived in wonderful packaging and she put an extra one in so I ended up with 4 eggs. Not doing much research I bought a little giant with forced air and automatic egg turner at the local feed store and decided to incubate eggs for the very first time!
I candeled them almost every day and they were all moving and growing and everything was great... the temp, although a very sensitive adjuster, stayed pretty constant between 99.1 and 100.9.... until day 16 when the breaker tripped during the night at some time and I came in the morning to find it at 70 degrees inside... I was very worried. On day 18 at lockdown all 4 were still moving.
day 21 came and went with nothing, then day 22 3 were hatched with day 24 (today) the last one hatching! As much as I wanted to help when I thought they were taking too long, with the help of everyone here I was patient and it turned out for the best.
After reading all the posts on here I consider myself very very very lucky to have all 4 chicks considering it was my first time... it was a mail order... and a little giant incubator... and with the temp drop. I really appreciate all the help you all gave me throughout... what an awesome awesome website.
Also, a shout out to Julie at gabbard hatching eggs because obviously she send quality eggs that she carefully packs and that of course made a big difference. I got this type because I have read that they are very very calm and docile and I thought it would be the perfect ones to start with.... they are awesome little critters and very very tiny. Here are the first picture I took of them after putting them in their new home for the next few weeks.... I can't wait to incubate again..... but again the question is should I just quit now with a perfect record?
