The Front Porch Swing

[Beekissed]

Temp rose to 100.5...I turned down the setting to the next notch down. This tells me the nest temps are finally regulating and I can start meeting them in the middle with my thermostat controls on the heating pad. Will keep updating for when it levels off for good.

 

[LOVEIGEE]

Sis, sleep with the vaporizer going and Vicks on your feet. It will help tremendously!

I forgot about that BF.....thank you....I remember when you told Mountain Mama about that..........XOX

 

[Beekissed]

I forgot about that BF.....thank you....I remember when you told Mountain Mama about that..........XOX

I love you, Sis...you know that?

Get rest, get well...now it's Stephen's turn to take care of you and those animals!

 

[Lacy Blues]

Hmmm... I don't know. Us Christchuns aren't supposed to gamble but I know God doesn't mind a little fun. lol How could we go about this? We could mail the winner a bag of candy of their choice... or something. LOL

...if Bee's power goes off she has to mail ALL OF US a bag of candy! hahahaha Hope she doesn't make balut! LOL

Ack! Not candy! I've been dieting very successfully so if anyone sends me a bag of candy, my weight loss will hold and probably go back up! Some thing else please!

I've hit 100* on the egg surface!

Turned it down a notch......will wait and see if that will hold it there or if I'll have to turn it up due to the nighttime temps cooling the windowsill. Windowsill temps are 64 and will be cooling soon. I turned the warm side of the eggs to the bottom of the nest so they could warm on all sides, though I know that wouldn't happen in a real setting.

I'm wondering about something. When brooding on a nest out in the bush and the temps drop at night or even on a cool day, the bottom of those eggs are bound to cool off while the tops would be very warm next to mama. I wonder if the developing chicks migrate inside the shell to the warm side? An outside nest will always have a cooler side and I know a broody doesn't turn eggs that often, so how then does the egg itself stay a uniform temp throughout when one side is cool and one side hot?

Things to ponder.....

I was going to respond to this but I think you figured it out and somebody else said something along the lines I was going to say.

You added weight to the top. The broody presses down on them and the heat from her breast heats the entire egg, not just one side. However, I am sure that one side is cooler at least for a while. The warmer side will develop faster... veins and such. If you do any candling, you'll be able to see if you've left any with one side up much more than the other.

 

[Beekissed]

Ack! Not candy! I've been dieting very successfully so if anyone sends me a bag of candy, my weight loss will hold and probably go back up! Some thing else please!
I was going to respond to this but I think you figured it out and somebody else said something along the lines I was going to say.

You added weight to the top. The broody presses down on them and the heat from her breast heats the entire egg, not just one side. However, I am sure that one side is cooler at least for a while. The warmer side will develop faster... veins and such. If you do any candling, you'll be able to see if you've left any with one side up much more than the other.

How neat! It's holding at a steady 99.9-100*...right between those..might as well say 100*. Apparently that's okay in a still air setup, from what someone else said?

Somehow I just knew that creating a nest would stabilize temps and humidity if I could only get the heat from the "broody" right. If this continues to perform in this manner, this should be a pretty carefree incubation.

 

[Beekissed]

Temp crept up to 101...so I turned it down to the #3 setting. So cool that as the temps drop outside this nest is finally heating up inside...it's been a slow climb but steady all the same.

This is getting exciting! Wonder where it will even out and finally hold steady, or if it will...the suspense is killin' me!!!

 

[IAFarmGirl]

I ate asparagus for the very first time today. I rather liked it! Tasted a little like sweet corn.

Try it on the grill sometime. It is so delicious! Goes great with grilled chicken!

 

[Beekissed]

Turned it down to #2 as it was holding at 101....will report when stabilized.

 

[Lacy Blues]

How neat! It's holding at a steady 99.9-100*...right between those..might as well say 100*. Apparently that's okay in a still air setup, from what someone else said?

Somehow I just knew that creating a nest would stabilize temps and humidity if I could only get the heat from the "broody" right. If this continues to perform in this manner, this should be a pretty carefree incubation.

I think that is right. I use a forced air incubator and mine is kept at 99.5

 

[Beekissed]

Removed the fake "hen" pillow and the feather pad to bring down temps, but that didn't do it. It was about 100.5 or more and that dropped it down to 100, so I placed a layer of feathers between the heating pad and the eggs and that seemed to stabilize it at 99.5. I'm on the lowest setting and with nothing but feathers and a heating pad right now and the room is 50*. If I have to I can place a feather pad between the eggs and heating pad to bring temps down even further if I have to but I'm doubting I'll need to. Seems good right now...it's all this fiddly 1 or 1/2 degree variances that seem to be the problem.

This gonna be so cool if the eggs hatch!