impr3
Songster
My first attempt at hatching and, in the spirit of 2020, the world has decided to make it as complicated as possible...
First came the heat. We don't have AC and Saturday the house was the same temp my incubator is supposed to be (and it took opening it several times to prevent it from getting too hot just from the fan motor and egg metabolism..).
For folks who don't think in celsius, 37.5C is about 99.5F. The bottom number is our house, the top one is inside the incubator.
Sunday came the fire. Spent a completely sleepless night watching the glow of it over the ridge after all my neighbors evacuated.
Yesterday I also evacuated and have had to leave my eggs to their own devices and hope my DIY incubator keeps them comfy without my input... I usually give them a hot water bottle to help keep the temp up at night but hopefully the weather will stay warm enough that they don't need that. And I was worried I may need to start putting ice packs in there if it gets too hot one of these days, but hopefully it doesn't do that either... I've unplugged everything else in the house so hopefully our small off-grid solar setup can keep the bator powered even with the smoke blocking the sun. Most importantly, I bloody hope I make it home in time for lockdown!
Basically, we'd just love any good thoughts that you could send these little ones! Positive stories of hatches surviving disaster would also be lovely to hear right about now...
First came the heat. We don't have AC and Saturday the house was the same temp my incubator is supposed to be (and it took opening it several times to prevent it from getting too hot just from the fan motor and egg metabolism..).
For folks who don't think in celsius, 37.5C is about 99.5F. The bottom number is our house, the top one is inside the incubator.
Sunday came the fire. Spent a completely sleepless night watching the glow of it over the ridge after all my neighbors evacuated.
Yesterday I also evacuated and have had to leave my eggs to their own devices and hope my DIY incubator keeps them comfy without my input... I usually give them a hot water bottle to help keep the temp up at night but hopefully the weather will stay warm enough that they don't need that. And I was worried I may need to start putting ice packs in there if it gets too hot one of these days, but hopefully it doesn't do that either... I've unplugged everything else in the house so hopefully our small off-grid solar setup can keep the bator powered even with the smoke blocking the sun. Most importantly, I bloody hope I make it home in time for lockdown!
Basically, we'd just love any good thoughts that you could send these little ones! Positive stories of hatches surviving disaster would also be lovely to hear right about now...
