Quote: I bought a scale from Costco and will weight them next time. I especially think it be would helpful on the dark eggs since some of them you can't see in very well. I'm using the Brinsea with the humidity pump so it's stays where you want it and there's no extreme humps and valleys like when you have to add water manually and the incubator doesn't seem to be effected by the outside humidity or temp.
Thank you for the information. I'm setting again this weekend so I'll be spending a little more attention to the eggs weight. I also have noticed that I have a row of eggs that don't produce eggs. I noticed this hatch that the eggs in that row felt cooler then the other rows when I was candling. I'm not sure how that can be but both hatches had none of few eggs hatch in that row. I'll look at my notes but I think all three of the eggs that were prefectly formed chicks who never even pipped were all in that row and I'll know when I eggtopsy these what I have. On my notes from my last candling of this hatch I have one of the two clears and the rest at various stages of early quitting so we'll see.
Leif Errikson has a story to tell if he could! Glad he's back safe! We had a group of juveniles from my Polish pen who decided to pick on my main roo and one day he was gone. Couldn't find him anyway. A couple of days later my husband sees this Polish roo walking up the driveway! I picture him with a suitcase in his hand and not wanting to talk about where he'd been!
Betty, I'm sorry to hear about your husbands job. I need to have my shoulder repaired also but after back surgeries last year it's hard to take the time for a surgery that has another long recovery time! Especially hard for a construction worker to take the time! My brother never got his fixed because he couldn't afford to take the time, he was a contractor. My husband worked construction all his life before getting a job with Union Pacific Railroad and being promoted into management at around 40. All the guys that stayed in construction are all bent up and crippled from the hard work and not taking care of themselves since most don't have insurance. I'm glad your husband did take the time to get the surgery.
On the legality of disability to unemployment...I'm an employer and had a girl on disability and she didn't keep in touch with me in the 7 months she was gone. She'd pop in every once in awhile and say this or that but never really knowing when she'd have her surgery, let alone be released to work so I hired someone else. From my understanding of the law, she had to keep in touch with me, letting me know release dates with at least 2 weeks notice, etc. for me to have to hold her job. Sounds like your husband did everything he was required to do. I'd have your husband talk to his boss and tell him your husband will file for unemployment if he doesn't have any work. If his boss has not had anyone file then his payroll % should be nice and low....believe me ONE employee filing cost me a 5% increase of all my payroll for goodness knows how long!
I'm so sorry, construction is a tough enough business to make a living in, let alone add what it does to your body! At least he's taking care of himself and construction is picking up in most places sohe'll get another job!
but it could have been worse so Ill take it. Everyone looks healthy and I'm off to a good start with Black/Blue (hopefully Splash someday) Marans!
