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Ohhhhhh, I am soooooo worried about kvmommy's child !

 

I will endorse, over and over again....... get a proper thermometer for an incubator, like the Brinsea spot check.

 

This is awful. Just awful.  I am praying this child has no ill effects, but I am very worried.


There are a few treatments for mercury poisoning.. but they have to be done RIGHT AWAY!

 

Prayers headed her way wherever she is!

 

Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

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Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

"Look for Miracles"

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post #5812 of 11360

I'm pretty sure thermometers don't contain mercury anymore. The beads in the ones from aquariums aren't liquid beads, like mercury is, they're solid.

 

 

I'd call poison control, first.

 

 

A lonely blue girl guards the riverbed, she shakes her brown torch at the tide...

 

 

 

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A lonely blue girl guards the riverbed, she shakes her brown torch at the tide...

 

 

 

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post #5813 of 11360

Was so busy yesterday forgot to take picture before I put them in....Here is a pic of my 35 eggs that are for the the hatch-a-long and "best Hatch Rate" Contest

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Want a custom chicken shirt? Check out my FB and contact me! Offering SILKIES, SHOWGIRL, and POLISH designs and custom artwork!

https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCaliberDesigns

 

 

Jessy
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post #5814 of 11360
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I'm pretty sure thermometers don't contain mercury anymore. The beads in the ones from aquariums aren't liquid beads, like mercury is, they're solid.

 

 

I'd call poison control, first.

 

 


This is all I can find online...........

 

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They are ballasted with lead, and the stuff inside is dyed alcohol.

 

 

 

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post #5815 of 11360

99% of aquarium thermometers that are less than 10 years old are mostly harmless

 

The balls are lead or steel (much like BBs) they are used to weigh down aquarium thermometers so they don't float. The red liquid is usually alcohol. 

 

CALL POISON CONTROL

Want a custom chicken shirt? Check out my FB and contact me! Offering SILKIES, SHOWGIRL, and POLISH designs and custom artwork!

https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCaliberDesigns

 

 

Jessy
Shadow Calibers Silkies and Design

NPIP # 55-1101

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Want a custom chicken shirt? Check out my FB and contact me! Offering SILKIES, SHOWGIRL, and POLISH designs and custom artwork!

https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCaliberDesigns

 

 

Jessy
Shadow Calibers Silkies and Design

NPIP # 55-1101

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post #5816 of 11360
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OMG....DS was outside with DD and I was watching them through window while I was doing dishes.  They're playing with dirt and sticks and stuff and all of the sudden DD starts screaming.  I run out and she has a small cut on her finger and its bleeding. after I clean it up I make her show me what cut her, it turns out its my missing aquarium thermometer.  The alcohol part is intact but the glass and beads aren't.  DD says DS was eating the beads.  So I run and check his mouth and there's no glass or cuts in his mouth but theres beads all over it.  Does anyone know what those beads are?  ARe they lead?  Should I take DS to the ER??  I feel like the worst mommy ever.


hugs.gif As moms were often feel guilty, because we care so much about our children. We can only do our best . . . kids will get into trouble even then.

 

 

 

NPIP Tested Clean

 

           Eggs available:   Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

             Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex    

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NPIP Tested Clean

 

           Eggs available:   Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

             Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex    

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Grow where you are planted. --Unknown

 

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post #5817 of 11360

well my incubator is reading 100. Needs to be 101 since it's still air. But I'm not bothering it. The humidity was in the 30's but I guess with the weather its sitting at 40 right now. I haven't put any water in. I'm trying the dry hatch method I found. Anyone else tried this? If so what's your opinions on it?

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Mom of 3 spoiled kids, two equally spoiled Havanese, 8 Nigerian Dwarf Goats, 4 red star pullets, 2 Silkies, 2 brahmas, 7 Ameraucana's, 2 golden pheasants. 

 

Please support my buisness by liking our facebook page.....

 

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post #5818 of 11360
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Originally Posted by Mahonri View Post



Open plugs or open the bator... you know now that you have your temps stable.  lau.gif

 

Mine has been at 97 degrees since 7AM an hasn't moved.  Oh well.



Have you checked the calibration of the thermometer? It is not uncommon for them to be 1 to 5 deg off. i use calibrated thermometers to check actual temp comparing them to the installed therm's.You can get one from the local auto store for a couple bucks that looks like this: http://www.qasupplies.com/pocdialther.html    and here is a link that tells you how to calibrate it your self....SUPER EASY!!!!!!!!!  I use the ice calibration method    http://nfsmi-web01.nfsmi.olemiss.edu/documentlibraryfiles/PDF/20091123095311.pdf   This should ease your mind and let you know exactly where you are at woot.gif

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If you want to enter the Egg Art contest you must PM your photo to me. I can't search a gazillion posts for them. You can see the official entries HERE.

 

Thanks,

 

Mary

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Visit my Blog!        Everyday Miracles & Mayhem at the Buck 'n Run Ranch    Have fun at Stella's Social Club here on BYC!

 

Sheriff of The Buck 'n Run Ranch, breeding Icelandic, Cream Legbar, &  Isbar chickens, fainting goats, emus, & donkeys on five acres in northern California.  Visit my website and check it all out! 

 

 

 

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post #5820 of 11360
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Originally Posted by ScaredOfShadows View Post

99% of aquarium thermometers that are less than 10 years old are mostly harmless

 

The balls are lead or steel (much like BBs) they are used to weigh down aquarium thermometers so they don't float. The red liquid is usually alcohol. 

 

CALL POISON CONTROL



mercury is a liquid and will not be solid at at atmospheric pressure, as long as the inner tube is not broken it should be ok call poison control anyway just to be safe...

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