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

[shawluvsbirds]

Um...you abandoned me.
Nola figured it out for me.

Sorry
I figured you would have it on your phone already

 

[007Sean]

Omg. I can't get caught up. . but @KikisGirls
Your hygrometer/thermometer looks almost like the one I just bought. . and the humidity only read 67% during the salt test instead of 75% like it should.
I bought another digital one that's for reptiles and it doesn't read correctly either.


Luckys eggs weren't blue

You take the reading you get from the salt test,/calibration and either add or subtract the % diff from the current reading in the bator to determine the % humidity. Ex: calibrated hyrometer reading 67% Rh
75 - 67 ÷ 75 × 100 = -10.66% or -11% Th
If reading higher, 75 - 82 ÷ 75 × 100 = 9.33%Rh so by the example your hygrometer is reading 11% low, actual %Rh is 78% Rh, that's still off but closer than what you were reading/believing the humidity was in the bator. HTH

 

[RUNuts]

I wish I knew yoga breathing or what ever you call it....meditation?

Lamaz breathing. Just like giving birth. HeeHeeHee, HooHooHoo. repeat until the contractions pass. Ursaline should be your hatching coach.

I might have just boiled them and you want me to try to drown them now?
Are you nuts!?

You rang, madam?

I'm here for you!

 

[Kiki]

Sooo....you brought us all together here to let us know you like your balut cooked???

Just kidding. If it was only for an hour they should be fine. It’s S’s turn to sleep.

THANKS.
I peed my pants!


I really needed that laugh too because I think I have just ruined my experiment!


I used the flashlight app and candled both real quick and then took a walk outside.

At this point there is nothing I can do.
I'm going to try to control my poor little fast beating heart but I don't think this is going to work.

I am 99.8% sure that this would have worked in a real bator.

 

[Kiki]

Sorry
I figured you would have it on your phone already

I just bought this damn thing...I haven't figure it out yet.
You should know this!
(if you read all the posts)

 

[Kiki]

Hey kiki, I tap gently on the shell to get them moving. Works just about every time. I hope your ducks are okay.

I'm scared to tap them..I already screwed up once and cracked one.

 

[ronott1]

Did Dar boil babies too?
Oh my!

Yes! Heat spikes, cold spikes, humidity issues...he was a nervous mes the whole time! We talked him off of the ledge many times.

His hatches wound up fine

 

[Kiki]

You take the reading you get from the salt test,/calibration and either add or subtract the % diff from the current reading in the bator to determine the % humidity. Ex: calibrated hyrometer reading 67% Rh
75 - 67 ÷ 75 × 100 = -10.66% or -11% Th
If reading higher, 75 - 82 ÷ 75 × 100 = 9.33%Rh so by the example your hygrometer is reading 11% low, actual %Rh is 78% Rh, that's still off but closer than what you were reading/believing the humidity was in the bator. HTH

This makes a whole lotta sense.
Thanks!

 

[Kiki]

Yes! Heat spikes, cold spikes, humidity issues...he was a nervous mes the whole time! We talked him off of the ledge many times.

His hatches wound up fine

Cracked by flash lights too?

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Dear Lord, I answered a phone call from DH, got off as quickly as possible and have 1+ pages to catch up on. This thread moves really fast!!