Battle with the bator

After letting the eggs sit out and reach room temperature it was time to go into the bator. Keep in mind I let the eggs rest over night to reach room temp and rest after their journey. I wasn't comfortable letting them sit next to the bator instead of in it but I had to make sure it'd be a safe transition. It took 24 hours to get the bator to the temp I desired and to hold that temp, 99.0 - 99.9.

So after rummaging for baby clothes it was into the bator! I didn't want to put them in while I wasn't home which all worked out in the end. I found a ton of affordable baby clothes and my bator temp didn't even out until after I got home anyways.

All 14 eggs went into the bator and are being held in the automatic egg turner. (I mentioned the automatic turner in a previous post so check there for a explanation).  I wanted to take a pic of all the eggs in there and the lid off but I didn't want too much heat to escape. Here is what it looks like:

So I put the lid back on and expected the bator to slowly reach temp. It took another 30 hours of adjusting and checking every 30mins!! At one point I was tempting to throw the darn thing out the window but thought otherwise since I didn't feel like sitting on the eggs myself. But after 30 hours of swearing the temp is holding at 99.3-99.5. Phew!

Now we look 28 days down the road and look for the action to start. It looks like June 22nd will be the start of all the fun! I do plan on candling the eggs at about 7 days, so next we're looking at next Friday for that. Candling in where you shine a flashlight or other light source into the egg and pay attention to signs of development. You want to remove any eggs that are not showing development or that seem to have stopped development. The last thing you want is an egg going bad and blowing up in your bator! Thanks for reading!