Recent content by oakhollow

I find it easiest to count by weeks as far as possible, say if I set today (Friday), then going down the calendar to each successive Friday as a week or seven days. So, 3 Fridays down for chicken eggs, 4 for duck eggs.

Ducks are 28 days, right? February also has 28 days, so they would be due on March 2, 28 days.

Chicken eggs are best within 10 days, I would assume geese are similar.

55 degrees is perfect! But 63 should work fine, too.

I can tell you that I am in north Florida, and can usually run my incubator "dry" and still have enough humidity until lockdown.

I like my Hovabator 1588 Genesis. From Incubator Warehouse, of course.

1/2 inch long? 1 inch long? Any chance of a pic?

Fire ants are usually pretty small. Just how big are these? Any possibility that they are "cow killer ants"? Those are actually wingless wasps that prey on ground wasps.

They will very possibly hatch even refrigerated. Many people, including me, have hatched from the fridge.

Preferably less than 2 weeks holding them, best not more than 10 days. As long as they are in the a/c, they will be better off out of the fridge.

Poop bingo #28

If she's been sitting on those 2 for 4-9 days, then, sorry, but they aren't fertile. Doesn't look like the bullseye, and there should be visible development by this time. Sorry

I would suspect that gfi trip and ac charger more coincidental than cause and effect, generally if you are using a gfi, it is a wet area, and maybe rain is a factor. Yes, power surges DO affect ac chargers, sometimes just blowing a fuse, sometimes sending off to Parmak for repair. I don't think...

Nice work. There is one thing I would like to clarify. An ac charger does NOT trip a gfi with every shock. I have had 3 ac chargers plugged into 4 different gfi outlets without issue. This is because the circuitry, including a capacitor where the charge originates, is sort of separated from the...

I would try candling the eggs she left to try to determine if they are still viable. If viable, either stick them in an incubator or lock her in with them. If not viable, I would first deny her access to the other hen.