Well it's day 3 for me, and everything seems to be going fine. before I went to bed last night as I was turning the eggs I couldn't resist candling a few. I looked at probably 8 and only 1 of them was totally clear. I was more curious about the mutt eggs of mine. Some are too dark to see through, but the ones I could see had nice large dark yokes and air cells beginning to form so I'm really excited.
I was running my temp on 99, but I raised it to 100 because I caught it on 97 a couple of times. I still haven't added any water and the humidity is staying between 25 and 30. Overall, I feel pretty good about this hatch. This is the most eggs I've ever set, and I really see the importance of having a turner so you don't have to open the box. Every time I turn them it takes me about 4-5 minutes, and my temp usually goes to 95. After I close it back up it takes 1-1/2 hours or so before it is back up to temp. So after this hatch I'll be looking into some way to turn them from outside the box for the next hatch. My main concern on that is I don't want to reduce my capacity too much. I don't know, if I get a good hatch I might just keep hand turning. Guess we'll see.
Hope every one else is doing good. Enjoy your weekend.
