Tips on what to do while waiting for eggs to hatch...

[gimmie birdies]

I am making this thread to talk about things you can do while waiting for you eggs to hatch...and hopefully keep you from candling your eggs...hehe!

I like to go on youtube, they have a lot of videos about chicken development. I get to see the daily chicken development, or I can look up pictures or videos of my breed of chickens. I also like to sew my baby birds blankets and baby beds,

and little slip covers for their first couple weeks. they love'm.

I have a good place set up for them to live. I dig out all the equipment needed, and I visit with friends, and other hatchers, on BYC! What are your waiting tips?

 

[sourland]

Have a friend handcuff your hands behind your back.

 

[Squishychicken]

someone blindfold you,put ear plugs in your ears,bind tour hands behind you and put you in a chair clear the heck across the country...

 

[LilJoe]

I have my incubator outta sight.... so... that helps. But, I still candle

You could also
1) Tell yourself you'll kill 'em all if you open the 'bator
2) if that doesn't work, cut you hands off.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I usually clean in the kitchen and utility room. As my incubator is set up in the utility I can keep a close eye on it but still get something useful done! My kitchen is never as clean as when chicks are hatching

 

[ShiftyShickens]

step one. accept the problem you're having...its called chickenitus.
step two. accept that you can't withhold or cure chickenitus.
step three. accept that you are going to need your daily chicken fix.
step four. come to terms that the incubator holds future chickens.
step five. fight urge to carry entire incubator around while waiting for future chickens.

step six. look elsewhere for daily chicken fix. ( google-ing chicken sling, and chicken sweaters may help )

your babies will thank you later.

but still...goodluck!

 

[lazy gardener]

I simply give in to the urge. After every one has left the house for the day, and it's just me and the dog and the incubator, I steal a couple of eggs out of the bator, and go in the bathroom where I can be alone in a dark room with them. A quick view with a flash light, watch the babies dancing in their eggs, then I can tuck them back into the bator, and get on with my day. There's enough eggs so that a little peek every day doesn't do any harm.

 

[Chickassan]

I watched the entire walking dead series while i was waiting, the sound very low of course in case of a peep or egg roll.