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Actually? I have 5 granddaughters. Frankly, if it were not absurdly priced?, it would actually make a great gift for my girls.

That's just so, so mean!!! Here I was all set to get you and Kathy new incubators for Christmas and now? I'm so tore up about all this, I can barely type this reply through the tears. I was going to have a blue haired pony on yours and a red haired pony on Kathy's. Now, my plans are...

That's where we wish to go as well. Our plan, however wise, is to use the ECO to bake 'em and then mostly use the QDF for hatching. We're still learning.

The truth is this. For decades we either just bought day olds, waited for a broody to do her thing, or we'd take eggs down the road to the Mennonite fellow who had a large, kerosene fired incubator. But a few years back, after we took him a large batch of critical eggs, he was called away on...

Actually, I am horribly torn between which of these to recommend. So torn!!!! Please can anyone help me decide? I really need to know!! I really, really, OMG!!!! so really want the 3 egg pink one!

So........... I think that's a no on Brinsea from Kathy, if I understood her correctly.

We'll be starting our 4th year with our original one. 5 batches per year. That's pretty good testimony I guess. I also know you can have them repaired, tuned up, by sending them in. Wynette, a moderator here, has done this. She too has hatched many, many batches over the years and has nothing...

AND.... don't forget to add the "code word" for a 10% additional discount when ordering. Never buy without that discount "code word".

You'll find lots of support for the upper end, Hovabator, the model with the full, clear top. They price out around $150-$160 and up. You'll also find lots of support for the Brinsea, Octagon 20. That too is right at $145 shipped to your home. The turning model is around $300. In other...

Three years, I guess. My wife has her degree in math and does the accounting and taxes at the end of the year. I never question the woman who is both your accountant and who sleeps with you. Profits are slim on any kind of Ag endeavor. Slim. You've got to keep close tabs and close watch...

Folks here are real smart and have figured out all their uses. IT's driven up the demand and thus the price. But? Just price a 50 gal water transport tank at any farm store and you'll see why $20 isn't all that bad, really. $35??? I'd think twice. There is a ceiling on this kind of stuff.

Here? Those barrels are readily available. We pay $20 each for them. They mostly come from the pickle plants, so they reek of vinegar, garlic and pickling spice when you get them. We drill a hole and fit them with a hose bib faucet. We put en in the back of the pickup, fill with water and...

We're a farm, so our financial records are kept carefully. We use a manual ledger to enter in all expenditures for feed, etc. These get entered into Quickbooks, at the end of each month. Receipts are kept in a folder during the year. All egg sales and live bird sales are also tracked and...

Yeeeeup. Well known in thoroughbreds, prized beef, dairy, etc.

Al, by sample, do you mean crack an egg and look for the evidence? Or, candle at day 10 and check, or both?

When you mate a rooster to a hen, she will lay fertile eggs off a mating or two for up to three weeks. Plenty of time to gather a good number of eggs from that pair mating. Depends on your rooster, but our Red likes to jump the ladies every other day, give or take. However, this is a two...

Actually, pair mating and tracking that pair mating is important. That's very much where you want to get in your program. It's just that I'm not there yet with our Reds. Hope that helps.

That's funny, because my mind went to a vegetable bag when Al first posted his photo of it. Not unusual given my market garden operation. LOL

Just to be clear. With the Barred Rocks, I could easily do mated pairs, They are just THAT GOOD. LOL as they should be, since Kathy bred them. However, with the Reds I have, their level is down, badly, so before I get all worried about making mated pairs, I first need to push out some DNA...