Hopeful!!

I asked for an incubator for Christmas and I got it and all the fixins for it too.  The egg turner and the automatic fan.  This is the top of the incubator.  Not knowing what to expect I thought it would be made out something more durable than just styrofoam but that is what it was.  And we are super careful around it.  The eggs inside right now in the picture are lavender orpington.    But I will have all the following breeds inside.

 Lavender Orpington

Lemon Cuckoo Orpington

Swedish Flower Hens

Blue Laced Red Wyandottes (BLRW)

I'm expecting a 50% hatch rate from what I have.  Which will mean about 15 babies.  We'll see, especially since this is my first adventure.  They will hatch around Valentines Day.  How appropriate.  Three of the breeds I have ordered through ebay and the other blrw I recieved from a local farm.

Sleep tight Amy and Marshmallow

All these guys have died except Ruby the darker chicken in the last picture.  Not sure the life span of but these guys were about 3-4 years old.  Marshmallow died an early sad death.  Amy is the americauna, our eagle looking birdie.  She was super sweet.  All of them were.