Set Eggs!
I had kind of a hard time this weekend.
Not sure why but everything just seemed to catch up to me.
So, I set 7 more MFC eggs in my incubator!
I get so much pleasure just watching my chicks and it gives me something to look forward to.
I almost couldn't even do this because I couldn't get the 'bator up to 99.5 degrees. It wouldn't go past 98.7 and that's not warm enough to hatch the eggs! I was about to give up and just accept that my house is too cold (50 degrees) for my incubator to maintain the correct temperature, when 'Doc' suggested that I put a light next to the bator. The lightbulb, next to the bator didn't give off enough heat but it gave me the idea to do this:
I put the incubator IN a box (with the top left open) with a lamp with a 75 watt bulb above the box.
I even taped aluminum foil over the top opening of the lamp shade and raised the flaps on the box to trap as much warm air as possible.
It worked! The temp IN the box is 66 degrees and the incubator is holding steady at a perfect 99.5 degrees farenheit! We'll have chicks in 20 days...
"Be Still my Heart!!!"
Knock it off, Dreamer...

