The Great Chicken Adventure: Day 10

Only 11 more days to go and we'll be expecting some action from the incubator! Yesterday the power was out for no good reason - for about 10 minutes. I was away at the time on an ice-road trucking adventure, but when I heard that the power had been out I was a little concerned for the little eggies. But everything seems to be fine, the incubator was running when I got home, as there is no on or off switch. I watched the turner closely as well and it seems to be doing its job. Its nice because the incubator has a distinct humming when its plugged in, and the automatic turner has a distinct ticking noise, so its easy to check that things are working. The weather hasn't warmed up yet, but it should this week. Along with everyone else, Im getting antsy for the temperature to get warmer, but for the sake of my birds and the maple syrup run. In the four years that we have done maple syrup we've never started this late (we haven't even started yet!). Hopefully maple syrup and birds hatching wont conflict too badly. Both seem to take a fair bit of time.