Hee! That's so wonderful! The bantams, not losing your Mom Although it makes a great story, it must have been terrifying at the time! I've got eggs hatching, too. Oh my gosh, I just realized, you mean Trader Joe's, the big organic grocery chain. What a great idea! I'm experimenting with my...
Oh, on the thermometers -- yeah. I still worry about that too, although in my case a huge part of the problem is the fact that it's a still-air incubator so temperatures fluctuate a lot from one area to another. Literally half an inch difference up or down can give very different readings.
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Cluck-cluck, your avatar is from my son's favorite book! Okay, his favorite book when he was four... hee! I can't count how many times I read that to him .
And you're very welcome I'm just intensely glad this forum has a search engine! There's all kinds of great info here if you dig around a...
Tip for getting the air out -- stick a straw in the corner of the opening. Zip the bag closed up to the straw. Suck. Remove straw quickly and zip bag the rest of the way. Voila! Vacuum-packed water