Worms & Eggs

Yesterday afternoon DH & I drove up to Rollinsford, NH to Red Worms for a Green Earth and picked up a worm bin and a pound of worms (this is supposed to be approximately 900 to 1000 worms). I set it up over a couple of hours yesterday, using coconut fiber (enclosed with the kit, soaked for 2 hours as instructed), shredded paper, and dried leaves. I left the worms in it along with some eggshells (I'll need to crush those) and a coffee filter with some grounds in it. I can't wait until I have seed-starting worthy soil!



I also set 19 Chanticler eggs in the incubator. I ran the incubator for an entire day first, and was maintaining temps between 98 and 100. Now, with a little water and some eggs in it, it's running around 95 to 96 degrees right now, and I'm trying to slowly raise the temperature without cooking the eggs. I started keeping track of the eggs with a piece of paper next to the incubator this morning. I can record every time I check (and/or change) the temperature, when I turn the eggs, add water, etc. This may be helpful in the future to figure out how to best use this incubator (Little Giant styrofoam incubator - no fan or egg turner right now).