Pancake, fun flock! I LOVE NN. A black one would be so pretty! i would love to see that one for sure. The site lets you post videos but sometimes they don't work. Red has posted links to her you tube videos that work splendidly with just a click 
Welcome Syracuse Dan!
Red, I know how you feel too. It is hard to figure it out. I think mostly , in the beginning, it is just hard to remember to check the darn thing on a consistent basis. After doing it for awhile, a clock seems to go off in my head that I need to turn and check the eggs. "Sun comes out? Go check the eggs. Clouds come out, house feels chilly? Go check the eggs." It goes like that in my head now--before it was "been four days? go check the eggs." At first I just kept forgetting for hours, even days then when I would check, the temp would be wrong. It still happens at times, but the more I remember to check on them, the better they seem to do, the less fluctuation in humidity and temp the better. I feel bad it has not gone well, it might just be your bator too, or your thermometer might just be off a degree, that is all it takes. My first one was off 1.6 degrees. Second one was off 2 degrees. I then bought 4 different ones, and three of them said within .1 degree the same thing, another was 6 degrees off, so I kept the three that were the same, and it has been lots better. Ridiculous they can't get thermometers to be a little more accurate.?!
Welcome Syracuse Dan!
Red, I know how you feel too. It is hard to figure it out. I think mostly , in the beginning, it is just hard to remember to check the darn thing on a consistent basis. After doing it for awhile, a clock seems to go off in my head that I need to turn and check the eggs. "Sun comes out? Go check the eggs. Clouds come out, house feels chilly? Go check the eggs." It goes like that in my head now--before it was "been four days? go check the eggs." At first I just kept forgetting for hours, even days then when I would check, the temp would be wrong. It still happens at times, but the more I remember to check on them, the better they seem to do, the less fluctuation in humidity and temp the better. I feel bad it has not gone well, it might just be your bator too, or your thermometer might just be off a degree, that is all it takes. My first one was off 1.6 degrees. Second one was off 2 degrees. I then bought 4 different ones, and three of them said within .1 degree the same thing, another was 6 degrees off, so I kept the three that were the same, and it has been lots better. Ridiculous they can't get thermometers to be a little more accurate.?!
