I guess this came from my dear old mother. She always told us not to bother with mother nature. lol I love seeing them but I usually leave them alone till the end of day 21 and see how they did. lol The more we fool with them the more nervous we get wondering about things that we have no control over. Also makes us want to help out sometimes and I hardly ever do that. I did it a couple of times and ended up with sickly chicks and ended up dying before they matured.You must have a lot of patience. lol I practically looked every 5 minutes to see how many had hatched. lol
NOW my first hatch was different, I couldn't even go to bed. lol Like you said, peeking every 5 minutes. I've hatched so many out in the last couple of years that now it doesn't bother me quite so much. Don't get me wrong, I'm still amazed about how God ever did what He did. lol The miracle of birth. Truly amazing.
Jim