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if it's at exactly 100 then I would add some eggs, the variance between thermometers would mean you could be 99-101, but 100 seems about as good as you can get, remember your heat source will be working harder to heat the eggs up as-well so the temps may not be as strong after you add those...

I personally am to far away but for a great guide there is this. http://butcherachicken.blogspot.com/ I use a 4 inch boning knife ($10) and a good knife sharpener. I make a cone from some aluminum sheeteing that was designed for some type of flashing for roofing. Once you hold the bird upside...

I have been waiting for someone to throw out an old gas water heater, then I hope to remove the top and make it smaller and connect it to an old propane fitting so I can use that.

Well I can join the echelons of egg producers, my girls were born on the 5th of June this year and yesterday we had out first, here it is next to a standard egg. Today we got 2 and 3 so were optimistic for tomorrow. We have 15 females, 9 BO's and 6 SLW's. Not sure who's laying but there happy...

I have done both now and with smaller birds you get so much more if you pluck, but I like the idea of having lots of left over scraps on the cage for stock. We have a system now that allows us to process a bird in around 20 minutes. I Bleed the bird and then check on the scalder, once up to temp...

I like the PVC pipe idea, it would also be easier to clean. i built a 4 inch one but have yet to locate a nice way of attaching it to the wall. As for waterer, i have about 3 dfferent but I use the large galvinised type and hang it from a chain, it stops the birds sitting on the top of it and...

I plan on getting mine built for next year with the change to a hydraulic motor to run from the skid steer, and a ring of copper pipe in the top of the barrel to wash the feathers away. Great Idea of your going to be processing lots of birds. I have to try my bench model out first. Well done, I...

Not to be a killjoy, but RAW is not really recommended as a supplimentation as it takes 4 hours for a RAW fed dog to process food, Grains that are found in commercial food need to be fermented to get any nutritional value out of them, this takes many many hours more (8-12) and slows a dogs...

Why add a switch if your going to add a rheostat. The rheostat will divide the voltage down to 0 making it just like a dimmer switch. I would just add that and see what you can do with it. A simple way of measuring your speed would be the flying magnet trigger sensor found in nearly all bike...

Also speed may be a consideration, most motors spin at around 1,750 rpm, on a 3 inch pipe with 3 inch fingers it may still be going to fast. I chose my drill because it allows for full load rpm figuring out. If your going to fast you will just skid the fingers on the bird. Think about how fast...

Something I have stored on a thread somewhere but can't for the life of me find it is the correct way to hold the chicken. I believe you need to go against the feathers, also I read that the longer fingers worked better than slightly shorter ones. The fingers should rotate toward you from the...

Well I threw together a quick support to hold the drill and here is it spinning at 1000rpm, Now I'm wondering what would be the best speed, I was going to keep it at 1000rpm but I can run anywhere from 23 to 1700. I ran it for an hour to see if the very thin bronze bushes I turned up would hot...

I know the accurite is a proven unit, however I like the Zilla one. My flukers was a disaster so I needed a different unit and fast, the Zilla was cheaper but sorted out my late hatch disaster along with concurring with my friends aquarium one that we hollowed out a shell and filled with water...

I had to get in on this. I did my weekly clearing up of the garage and found a few odds and sods that I thought, hmmm, plucker here we come. It's an Ikea 'as-is' special. I had a couple of stainless shelf supports. they take a 12 inch deep, 1 inch thick board and screw into the wall. They were...

sorry I should at least try to speak the lingo, I meant keets not chicks

I've had 4 goes of Guineas and each time I thought I had something and they turned out to be duds, while the others I put a question mark on that I thought were not fertilized ended up with chicks. I would wait another week, then you can usually see the embryo's move a little when you disturb...

3 inches sounds perfect, i think I can go to 3 1/2 inches for each level and Guinea eggs should fit with ease.

Well I decided to rectify all the problems I had with the first bator. My new design is again made from scraps of wood and pipe but big enough to hold and auto turner, however I just had a thought of making enough room for 2 levels so I can have guineas on one level and chickens on the other...

Check out your nearest dollar store, they may well do self adhesive vinyl floor squares that are 1sq ft each, usually they go for 3 for $1 and is the cheapest floor covering out there. I brought a piece of off cut vinyl for one coop and it cost $85, the tiles I put in the other run would have...

The box is a new shape satellite dish Actually its an air vent, I wanted as much ventilation as possible as it's easier to block vents rather than make more, the roof cantilevers to allow more breathing room and the rear also has a mesh window that is covered at night making the tractor...