My 'Cheep' Asz hatching supplies...

[HugHess]

I sat here for 20 minutes explaining myself and was DENIED submission ($&@;@&$)!
So now it'll all pop up because I am no longer in the mood to type on this iPhone... (TOLD YA)
I am 'stuck' in house as primary care-giver and am out of work at the moment...so these were my 'bright' ideas for my 1602N manual bator...

Total cost: Roughly $5.00

Most expensive item was my $3.84 (600 Lumen flashlight off eBay)

Slushy straw (and aquarium tubing, not shown) for adding H20 w/o opening bator...
Needleless syringe for measured water...
Scrubby sponge for adding humidity...
Dollar store funnel cut off at base...
Aforementioned flashlight...
Cupboard liner, measuring cup and (of course) egg carton...

 

[HugHess]

Does anybody out there have an opinion about using cupboard liner to use on top of wire mesh in bator, in case I get lucky and any live babies 'pop' out to greet me?
Also, now that I am remembering to worry more, I did hours of research only to find out, after the fact, that 'stored' eggs are supposed to be turned at least once a day, which of course I didn't know to do... while I was waiting for bator to stabilize....do you think I did irreversible damage to embryos? They sat for closer to two days...

 

[COsteveo]

The shelf liner is used by a lot of people. I wouldn't worry about letting eggs sit, obviously turning is better but I still got a pretty good hatch from eggs that I had been collecting for 9 or 10 days without turning any of them.

 

[HugHess]

The shelf liner is used by a lot of people. I wouldn't worry about letting eggs sit, obviously turning is better but I still got a pretty good hatch from eggs that I had been collecting for 9 or 10 days without turning any of them.

Thank you for your reply.
I really appreciate it.
You made it feel more like Friday instead of 7 never ending Mondays!

Take care,

Meg