Let Incubation Commence

This afternoon Amy and I marked all the eggs with a "X" on one side, and a "O" on the other and placed them all X side up in the incubator. We've made a chart for the next 21 days so that one of us can cross off the turning every 8 hours - 7am, 3pm and 11pm. When the X is showing we will turn them to the right, and when the O is showing, we will turn them to the left. This is apparently to avoid the membranes which hold the embryo being constantly twisted the same way and tightening up. The picture is taken through the "port-hole" in the side of the incubator which is covered with perspex.

Amy and I also did a bit more building later this afternoon - we have measured up the right size for the trapeziums which will be the frames for the run. All those pieces are now cut, but we ran out of screws, so it will be a fairly quick job to fix it all together next time.