I had collected a bunch of Delaware eggs from my flock and offered them for sale before we instituted our new auction system. No one claimed them, and in the changeover, the ad was lost in the shuffle, so I decided to set them myself and when they hatch, sell all the chicks. (be thinking about buying some Delawares soon, folks!
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At the end of the first day, I realized that the little arm that connects the turner to the motor had been somehow bumped out and as we were correcting that, I noticed an egg marked, "BBS Orp..Dusty". How'd that get there? Thought it was just one that accidentally was put into a carton with the Dels, but decided to look at all of them. Found another BBS Orp and one lone Barred Rock egg from my Becca. So, 30 Delawares, 2 BBS Orps and 1 BR are due Oct. 25.
Today, we ordered a digital Egg-Temp incubator thermometer from Cutler Supply. That baby is accurate to within .18 degree (that's point one eight) so hopefully, I won't have to continually worry about the accuracy of my AcuRites, my little Springfield and my Taylor, which are all household thermometers and do not have an actual accuracy rating.
So, wish me luck! And think about buying some beautiful, robust Delaware chicks!

At the end of the first day, I realized that the little arm that connects the turner to the motor had been somehow bumped out and as we were correcting that, I noticed an egg marked, "BBS Orp..Dusty". How'd that get there? Thought it was just one that accidentally was put into a carton with the Dels, but decided to look at all of them. Found another BBS Orp and one lone Barred Rock egg from my Becca. So, 30 Delawares, 2 BBS Orps and 1 BR are due Oct. 25.
Today, we ordered a digital Egg-Temp incubator thermometer from Cutler Supply. That baby is accurate to within .18 degree (that's point one eight) so hopefully, I won't have to continually worry about the accuracy of my AcuRites, my little Springfield and my Taylor, which are all household thermometers and do not have an actual accuracy rating.
So, wish me luck! And think about buying some beautiful, robust Delaware chicks!
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