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I have just pulled an Aurora......
My DW the WWD went downstairs and yelled at me ( her yelling at me is not unusual) " You have chicks in the incubator on the left".
I immediately corrected her and said " You mean the right"
Which brought a sharp rebuke " I know the left from the right".
I not wanting to start a fight over her being wrong again, replied as all good husbands do " Yes dear, I am sorry I doubted you"... While thinking to myself, she just never learns...
I went downstairs to the incubators and walked to the one on the right and started to look through the ports. She being a sweetie said "I said on the left not the right".
I told her "this is the hatcher and guineas should be hatching today."
Her response was rather curt " well, they might be hatching in that one today, but they have hatched in this one already".
I opened the door to play along with her. There was a turkey on the floor of the incubator, I looked inside and there was another one in the rear. I handed them to her. While saying softly "Well, I guess were right this time".
The eggs were clearly marked for the 19th. However, I remember when I set them there were a couple eggs I had taken out from under the trio that were sharing eggs. I was not sure how long they had been there so I disinfected them and put them right into the incubator. In Hind sight, I think it is safe to say they were under the hens for three days.
I moved all the eggs marked for the 19th to the hatcher. I had planned to move them after the guinea eggs hatched. However, there is no sign of them hatching right now, so they are all in the hatcher. I need more 1202's...Like 4 more!
I hate having to open the hatcher on the day of the hatch but Judy gave me no choice. So I misted and shut it back up. I do not think it was open over a minute or that I lost much moisture....I hope.
BTW I am not sure what JJ gave me this time. One looks white, which is impossible, the other maybe a self blue, lilac or lavender. It is light colored but not yellow/white.
My DW the WWD went downstairs and yelled at me ( her yelling at me is not unusual) " You have chicks in the incubator on the left".
I immediately corrected her and said " You mean the right"
Which brought a sharp rebuke " I know the left from the right".
I not wanting to start a fight over her being wrong again, replied as all good husbands do " Yes dear, I am sorry I doubted you"... While thinking to myself, she just never learns...
I went downstairs to the incubators and walked to the one on the right and started to look through the ports. She being a sweetie said "I said on the left not the right".
I told her "this is the hatcher and guineas should be hatching today."
Her response was rather curt " well, they might be hatching in that one today, but they have hatched in this one already".
I opened the door to play along with her. There was a turkey on the floor of the incubator, I looked inside and there was another one in the rear. I handed them to her. While saying softly "Well, I guess were right this time".
The eggs were clearly marked for the 19th. However, I remember when I set them there were a couple eggs I had taken out from under the trio that were sharing eggs. I was not sure how long they had been there so I disinfected them and put them right into the incubator. In Hind sight, I think it is safe to say they were under the hens for three days.
I moved all the eggs marked for the 19th to the hatcher. I had planned to move them after the guinea eggs hatched. However, there is no sign of them hatching right now, so they are all in the hatcher. I need more 1202's...Like 4 more!
I hate having to open the hatcher on the day of the hatch but Judy gave me no choice. So I misted and shut it back up. I do not think it was open over a minute or that I lost much moisture....I hope.
BTW I am not sure what JJ gave me this time. One looks white, which is impossible, the other maybe a self blue, lilac or lavender. It is light colored but not yellow/white.
