I want to take a thermos of espresso and a basket of puppies to Walmart with me.
And a cattle prod for the people that try to block the whole aisle with their carts and broad backsidees.
If you don't like a product, don't use it. I like my LG. I have had decent hatches with it. It is in a room with stable temp, if I make any adjustment at all, it is VERY minor and then I wait a few hours before checking it. If you don't have the patience to wait for the minor tweaks to...
In the long run, the physical addiction is the easiest part of it to beat. It is the psychological addiction that is the part that is the hardest to beat and one that stays with you. It is a habitual thing too. There are so many triggers that automatically make you reach for a smoke. After you...
Final count! 6 out of 7 hatched into fuzzy little cuties. I had to help the last one because the membrane had started drying and sticking to the chick. It is doing fine now and only has a couple of little pieces left to get off. I knew the last egg wasn't going to hatch, but I left in in with...
My Black Cochin roo was an intruder alarm, protector and all around sweetheart. I found him yesterday morning outside of the pen. His whole back had been skinned somehow. I dont think is was my dogs. It looked more like road rash. I think he may have gone out in the road and got drug under a...
I have 4 small tats that don't show unless I want them to. I think too many looks kind of bad. And having face piercings are creepy as all get out. Just my opinion. It really comes down to personal choice and it is none of my business what people do to their bodies.
From what I have read, you can leave them in the incubator for a day or more while waiting on the others to hatch. Right now, I have 2 walking around and 4 more that are trying to get out. That only leaves one left to pip, and I don't think it will hatch. It was a bit iffy when I candled it...
If you can't at least try to help the bird, it might be kinder to go ahead a cull it. It would save it from a lot of suffering that it is going to go through if you can't bring yourself to do something.
Sorry to sound cruel, but it is much more cruel to let a poor animal suffer like this.
Just try and be patient. That is easy to say but so hard to do. I have some hatching today, and they seem to be taking their sweet time about it. No matter how many times I do this, it is pure torture to not be able to do anything except let them do what comes natural.
You need to keep working at it. That hair needs to go. It has to have two ends. CAREFULLY pick around it with a pin and try to find an end. You might be able to unravel it. Or at least get it loose enough to cut. Good luck.
So far, 2 have hatched and 4 more have pipped. I left the one I thought was clear in there because when I candled on day 18 it looked like something might be in there. We will see.
I am sorry to report, he died this morning. He was in a lot worse shape than I thought he was. He was skinned from neck to tail.
There is a semi-happy ending to the story though. The 7 eggs in the incubator that were fertilized by him started hatching this morning. 2 out so far and 3 more have...