Weight check

The meaties are now over 8 pounds! I just did a rough weigh on them, since they squawk and scream bloody murder when you try to pick them up- but divided by 21 birds that's quite the growth!

Egg Weights

All of these are based off of the unincubated weights taken (see Setting Up the Incubator). Now, I'm not a math whiz by any stretch, so if my calculations are off- please let me know.

Egg 1- 71.7g, -0.4g change from first weight, -0.55% change from first weight
Egg 2- 61.7g, -0.6g, -0.96%
Egg 3- 68.4g, -0.5g, -0.73%
Egg 4- 61.9g, -0.3g, -0.48%
Egg 5- 66.2g, -0.3g, -0.45%
Egg 6- 76.1g, -0.1g, -0.13%
Egg 7- 62.7g, -0.3g, -0.48%
Egg 8- 70.4g, -0.2g, -0.28%
Egg 9- 61.9g, -0.1g, -0.16%
Egg 10- 60.5g, -0.4g, -0.66%
Egg 11- 67.2g, -0.2g, -0.30%
Egg 12- 64.6g, -0.4g, -0.62%

Setting up the incubator

The incubator is all set up and holding steady at 99.5* F. The directions say to leave it on for a half day before putting in the eggs, but I'm going to wait until tomorrow morning so I don't wake up to accidentally cooked eggs.

I'm using my mom's hundred year old HovaBator. She used to hatch the Mallard duck eggs that our neighbors would find in their boats come springtime. Her very first hatch was done under a lightbulb, misted with a spray bottle. I've heard that hatching isn't the easiest thing to do; she's my hero!

Here's a picture of the eggs (click on pictures to see the whole image):


Rearranged and numbered:


1-4


5-8


9-12


Weights:
1- 72.1g
2- 62.3g
3- 68.9g
4- 62.2g
5- 66.5g
6- 76.2g
7- 63.0g
8- 70.6g
9- 62.0g
10- 60.9g
11- 67.4g
12- 65.0g