➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[007Sean]

Relative humidity or wet bulb temperature. Just depends on what the scale is calibrated for, no? I believe we have conversion charts.

The water is in equilibrium between liquid and the air. Takes heat to evaporate so the thermometer is being cooled by the evaporation. Wick maximizes surface area for cooling the thermometer bulb. Hope that helps.

Here's some pics of an antique wet bulb thermometer and mercury thermometers that I use. Exteremely accurate!

 

[NanaKat]

I moved the thermometer s around a while back to check the temps in different spots.View attachment 1318333 View attachment 1318335 View attachment 1318336

A thermometer directly under the heating element will show higher temp than the one flat on the wire bottom of the incubator. Makes it a good choice to have several located thru out the incubator and tabulate a quick average. I also move eggs around in the auto turner when I candle the eggs so they are not in the same location thru the entire hatch. I'm a "helicopter" hatcher.

 

[007Sean]

How little or big are those eggs compared to a quail egg?

They are about half the size of a chicken egg. See pic: L to R
Large grade A chicken egg
Ring necked pheasant egg
Bobwhite quail egg

 

[007Sean]

Excuse me....I thought they weren't called pheasant.

Huh?.....oh, I get it. They are "pheasants" not the same as saying "breed"....Elliot pheasant, Ring-necked pheasant, Copper pheasant Lady Amherst pheasant, etc...

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

You can fit 3 bobwhite eggs in a single cup of a chicken egg carton.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Chicken-pheasant-chukar-pigeon-quail

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

With my ducks, I use rubber tubs...dump ice and fill with clean water at night for last drink of the day. Add hot water in the morning for first drink of the day...add more water mid day. Use kiddie pool here all winter just half full, break ice during day and change every three days.


I agree, the eggs looked different development to me too. Waiting for better photos from KiKi. Eggs should show very visible veins from day three of incubation.

you need one that does not automatically turn off.

Ya I know I thought I bought on that did not turn off automatically.

 

[Anagram]

Same here! high of 60 today and two days ago it was a snowy wonderland! Today everyone is out tilling their gardens and wearing shorts and ts! Its supposed to snow next week again though
I am located in the mountains of NC, about 30 minutes from the Tennessee border.

Isn't nature amazing! Sounds like we may have similar weather patterns at times. Sleet, then sunshine - everything drying up and then snow and sun again - all in the same day. It doesn't seem to slow people down during rain but we will get lots of people in the ditches when it is icy or snowy.

 

[Anagram]

Hey, that's what us South Texans say too! 50°F, we put goosedowns on!

I can definitely concur on the California side, before I moved to Oregon, 50 degrees was FREEZING! Definitely heavy jacket weather. I have adapted. I find myself saying how warm it is in the winter when it hits 50 and will be in short sleeves on those "warm" days

 

[Anagram]

I am in Woodland CA. Our highs will be from 77 to 80 for the next week

Ok so you are not too far from me but I am North of the Siskiyous and the Shasta Cascades. Way cooler temps here in the Spring.