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Hmmm, it turned out that I couldn't wait. I had 13 in the incubator running around, climbing over eggs and shells. They were getting hurt. I took them out about 2 P.M. and put them in the brooder. The incubator quickly returned to 99.5 degrees, and about an hour later another baby hatched. As soon as he dried I put him with the others in the brooder. They're all happy as larks walking and lying on their towel, eating and drinking to their hearts' content; life's good.
I'm leaving the incubator on until tomorrow just in case one of the ten eggs hatch, but I'm not expecting any of them to; however, you never know if you don't know how to candle them. Guess I'll see tomorrow.
Ended the adventure with 15 beautiful babies. They're all in the brooder box drinking, smoking, eating, and having a merry old time.
Cleaning the Brower was a snap. I just took it outside and hosed it down to remove the small fragments of eggshells. Then I took it to the laundry room's large sink, filled the sink half full of hot water, poured in some liquid bleach, and used a small towel to wash off/sanitize the eight triangle divider section, the black plastic screen under it, the lid, and the large, round gray "tub" thingamajig (whatever it's called).
Put everything back together, turned the lid upside down, and everything slid right back into the box it came in along with the chopstick, extra light bulbs, funnel/straw dohinky, etc. I'm going to make a note on the box lid that says, "WARNING: BE SURE THE INCUBATOR IS RIGHT-SIDE-UP WHEN YOU REMOVE IT FROM THE BOX. NEVER LET THE RED BOTTOM BE UPSIDE DOWN; OTHERWISE, THE SMALL BALL BEARINGS UNDER THE LARGER BALL BEARINGS WILL FALL OUT AND BE LOST, I.E., BE SUPER-CAREFUL WHEN OPENING THIS BOX." I just now copied what I typed there and made a Word document with large print size and printed three copies to put on the box
I am holding out a few more days...just in case.
