Received a box today from sahwithchicks just LOADED with perfectly packed eggs. FBCM and Barred Rocks, beautiful, beautiful eggs. They're resting now, I'll put them in later tonight.
And to top it off, 3 of 4 RP turkey eggs from krazykat hatched today, the cutest little buggers you ever saw...
I need some serious help with hatching. I have a 1500 incubator that works excellently- 99.6 degrees and 40-46% humidity; about 98% of eggs go to lockdown. My brooder is a second-hand GQF 1500, which holds steady at 99 degrees, 60-67% humidity. BUT, for some reason I can't figure out, very...
So I finally broke down and ordered a 5 tier brooder tower, since I have absolutely no room for more brooders (I have 3 metal brooders that I put on legs). This, of course, means I can eventually replace all 3 old brooders with brooder towers, LOL. Wonder if DH will even notice?
We became Ridge Farm because the farm is on the top of a ridge. Real original, I know, but it's always been refered locally as the ridge farm so we just make if official.
I took it apart and cleaned it when I got it - I could easily have knocked something then, LOL. Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll be working on it today.
I need some help, advise, tips, something! I have a new GQF 1502 cabinet incubator that works great. I also have a second hand 1500 that I'm using as a hatcher that doesn't work great. Every night the temp inside drops, and takes a long time to come back up during the day. Obviously, I'm...
Quote:Originally Posted by tdhenson86
For those of you wondering why I am so frustrated. Let me explain. I thought I made our pens impossible to get into since we have a problem with possums, raccoons, and coyotes. Here is what we did: we built pens with metal at the top and at the bottom...