California - Northern

[zooweemama]

Put a thermometer in there.. any thermometer you can read from outside. You just want to see what range you can get it in and if it will hold steady. You will need to adjust the wafer thermostat to get it to the desired temperature. Just turning it on will only say it heats up - not that it holds the temps - and I wouldn't want to overheat anything. Did it come with any instructions? I have my old ones (somewhere) if you need me to scan it and send it to you. It gives you instructions on how to use the wafer thermostats and set them up.

I would buy a base if the old one is broken into the chamber area. If the break doesn't go into the chamber you don't need a new base. Looks are not as important as serviceability. Keep your money to buy good eggs

It is into the base. Air can definitely get in and out. My office stays a pretty even temp so we plan on using it in here.

I printed the manual from online. It's just weird messing with the pin adjuster lol. Thank so much for the offer!

 

[Alli Lea]

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Hi Alli Lea and CapayValleyChick -


I am actually in Sacramento County, and my grandparents had an orchard in Woodland, so I'm pretty close to you guys and am familiar with the area.  It's nice to have other chicken people close!

Clucks and coos!

Jan

thanks! You guys are just going to make me more chicken crazy than I already am! I'm raising chickens mostly as a self sustainability thing. What is everyone else's motivation for raising chickens? (Besides how fun and addicting they are!)

 

[WaterKat]

Hi Alli,

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A bit of the sustainability, and a lot of nostalgia for childhood spent surrounded by chickens, rabbits, a horse, and the benefits of them all (and of course the requisite kitties & puppies). The taste of fresh eggs can't be compared to ones from commercial sources, even the "cage-free" and "organic" ones. My BF's parent raved about how good they were and how they remembered eggs like that!

Clucks and coos!

Jan

 

[ronott1]

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Quote: What a fun question!

I started for the eggs and then found this Forum and fell in love with the Heritage breeds. We had chickens growing up and I have never liked store eggs. I like the whole cycle of hatching egg, processing, egg laying and then composting the manure. Then of course there is the great veggies grown from rich compost.

 

[zooweemama]

People refuse to buy my eggs because I have roosters. Sheesh.

 

[ronott1]

People refuse to buy my eggs because I have roosters. Sheesh.

That reminds me of the dummest things people say about your egg/meat thread. It is a hoot!

 

[OR4-hmom]

We got our first ones because hubby wanted them. He was thinking a dozen or so, I remembered them dying when I was a kid, so we ordered 25. We didn't lose any of them and all the extras sold at growers market really fast. The next year we ordered 35 more, still selling every egg we take to market, even the bantam. The later additions were supposed to DD 4-H birds but I'm such a sucker, we keep getting more.

 

[ronott1]

We got our first ones because hubby wanted them. He was thinking a dozen or so, I remembered them dying when I was a kid, so we ordered 25. We didn't lose any of them and all the extras sold at growers market really fast. The next year we ordered 35 more, still selling every egg we take to market, even the bantam. The later additions were supposed to DD 4-H birds but I'm such a sucker, we keep getting more.

Chickens were the first domesticated animal. We have been living with them for thousands of years. I think they have become a part of our DNA and there is a real connection to something primal in us.

Of course Swine are a close second but I do not have quite the same connection with them....

 

[zooweemama]

That reminds me of the dummest things people say about your egg/meat thread. It is a hoot!

So far my favorite comment from a friend is she is grossed out by sperm injected eggs. Not enough hours in the day to help people understand how it all works. Ah well

 

[OR4-hmom]

I've seen the bite marks they can leave on a human calf/shin, not something I would want to deal with on a daily basis. I can't just dump food over a fence and call it good, it's easy to miss small things even when you're close up. If only animals didn't mask problems so well.