The Quack Shack

[ShrekDawg]

Here’s some videos of the craziness. Sorry there’s so many.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Kelsey I got through it long before it came to you. You'll do fine, just keep an eye on it as it looks like it's getting some lake effect moisture. Cold front meet warm front. Never a good thing.

Thank you!! Glad you made it through it and yes it is very warm and humid!! And crazy gusts of wind!! Normally I wouldn’t care or worry so much but we are surrounded by massive pine trees!! And we had a huge one come down during an October storm. Thankfully nowhere near the house or coop but still.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Somewhere around two thousand.

OMG!!!

 

[WVduckchick]

Chris, if you really consider that humongous cabinet, think about the electric cost to run it too. I had a hospital grade food cart, big as a refrigerator (the ones hospitals deliver meals to patients in) and it had all the humidity stuff too (technically it was for raising bread too) and it used a lot of electricity. So just another thing to think about. It may be worth chopping in half, or modifying in some way, but I wouldn’t do it. Just my 2cents.

I’m a big Brinsea fan, love my old Octagons, still use them. But bang for the buck, I love my Nurture Right 360. I have only used my GQF cabinet twice since adding the NR, and I pretty much always hatch in the NR, no matter what I incubate in.

Lookie what just hatched in my 360 over the last few days. Call ducklings, bantam Phoenix, Yokohamas and d’Uccles!
By the way, I sold the last of my cream legbar flock the other day. No more large fowl for me. I’m all bantam now.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The winds are picking up quite a bit and it’s starting to get really scary here tbh.

We are getting really really strong gusts now one after the other. Before they were a bit spread out at least. Like just the occasional one. Now it is one after the other continuously and way stronger than the ones in the videos. We just had like 10 blow through in a row but I’m losing count because it is getting more frequent and continuous now.

The trees are swaying, circling, and leaning over/bending sooo much. Way way more than in the videos. They’re doing huge circles now and bending WAY over in all directions.

I am moving to a different room away from them now.

@Trimurtisan

Chris!!! You were supposed to talk the storm down and get her to go away, not make her more angry!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

Chris, if you really consider that humongous cabinet, think about the electric cost to run it too. I had a hospital grade food cart, big as a refrigerator (the ones hospitals deliver meals to patients in) and it had all the humidity stuff too (technically it was for raising bread too) and it used a lot of electricity. So just another thing to think about. It may be worth chopping in half, or modifying in some way, but I wouldn’t do it. Just my 2cents.

I’m a big Brinsea fan, love my old Octagons, still use them. But bang for the buck, I love my Nurture Right 360. I have only used my GQF cabinet twice since adding the NR, and I pretty much always hatch in the NR, no matter what I incubate in.

Lookie what just hatched in my 360 over the last few days. Call ducklings, bantam Phoenix, Yokohamas and d’Uccles!
By the way, I sold the last of my cream legbar flock the other day. No more large fowl for me. I’m all bantam now.
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I was reading on this incubator, is there a way to increase the cycle to 28 days for a better bird like a turkey?

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

The winds are picking up quite a bit and it’s starting to get really scary here tbh.

We are getting really really strong gusts now one after the other. Before they were a bit spread out at least. Like just the occasional one. Now it is one after the other continuously and way stronger than the ones in the videos. We just had like 10 blow through in a row but I’m losing count because it is getting more frequent and continuous now.

The trees are swaying, circling, and leaning over/bending sooo much. Way way more than in the videos. They’re doing huge circles now and bending WAY over in all directions.

I am moving to a different room away from them now.

@Trimurtisan

Chris!!! You were supposed to talk the storm down and get her to go away, not make her more angry!!!

As soon as I saw the trees before playing the video I ducked for cover myself.. I have a fear of trees.

 

[WVduckchick]

I was reading on this incubator, is there a way to increase the cycle to 28 days for a better bird like a turkey?

Yes there sure is! You can set it for whatever day you want. It counts down, and the turner automatically stops when it gets to 3 days left. So even if you put in eggs already started in another bator or under a broody, you can set the day number.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Chris, if you really consider that humongous cabinet, think about the electric cost to run it too. I had a hospital grade food cart, big as a refrigerator (the ones hospitals deliver meals to patients in) and it had all the humidity stuff too (technically it was for raising bread too) and it used a lot of electricity. So just another thing to think about. It may be worth chopping in half, or modifying in some way, but I wouldn’t do it. Just my 2cents.

I’m a big Brinsea fan, love my old Octagons, still use them. But bang for the buck, I love my Nurture Right 360. I have only used my GQF cabinet twice since adding the NR, and I pretty much always hatch in the NR, no matter what I incubate in.

Lookie what just hatched in my 360 over the last few days. Call ducklings, bantam Phoenix, Yokohamas and d’Uccles!
By the way, I sold the last of my cream legbar flock the other day. No more large fowl for me. I’m all bantam now.
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No more cream legbar!

@Trimurtisan did you keep any of those you hatched from WV?
She may need some PAYback eggsies shipped to her when she decides she misses them later on.

 

[rjohns39]

Kelsey, let us know how you're doing. Worried about you.