Chat N Chicknfun Thread

[chirpingcricket]

the avatar pic that i have is the pic of our poor little joker.. well.. as far as dad goes... i called his sister tonight (shes 72) and shes a chicken addict.. we are in cahoots to have a guinea or two magically show up at the house.. so far he has his hen house plumb full (its big too) and 50 broilers growin for my moms sis. 7 hunting dogs and 9 ducks... enough to drive you batty

Where you from, where are you now, if you don't mind me asking???

 

[Alaskan]

hey alaskan what specific problems are ya having with the incubator ? 

The temperature differences are HUGE, so if one end of the egg tray is reading 99 to 100 in temps, the other end is reading around 94!!. And then the other day it had a totally out of nowhere spike up to 107, I think it was, even though the room temp was only 4 degrees higher than it had been.

The super high spike MIGHT have only been for a second, so that is why there is a low chance the eggs are still OK..... But I have a thermometer that records the lows and highs, and then when I check the incubator I write down the lows and highs and then reset it, so I will know what the lows and highs are for the next period of time that I am not watching it.

But, this is SO screwy. The incubator has a fan, so the temps should NOT be that spotty. The fan is SUPPOSED to move the air around and even out the temps.


I just think the entire thing is fritzing out. I think it is 15 years old...at a guess.

So, it sorta is to be expected, I guess.

 

[chicknfun]

Lilminx- glad to have you! Please stop by anytime- we like to have fun!!!!!

For the rest of you kids- I am going to bed, I cannot see, I am cranky, and I just can't stay awake anymore

 

[lilmynx13]

im in colorado, orgionally from minnesota, the rochester area. and dad he knows what a guinea looks like... nancy his sister was a fowl collector

oh the stories us kids have of nancys african gander Oscar.

 

[chirpingcricket]

Lilminx- glad to have you! Please stop by anytime- we like to have fun!!!!!

For the rest of you kids- I am going to bed, I cannot see, I am cranky, and I just can't stay awake anymore

nighty night, not too far behind you...

 

[Alaskan]

Florida people should be in bed now!

Good night chicknfun!

 

[Alaskan]

I forgt to say, I thought that th duck run was wonderful...and the thatching looked great too!

 

[silver1313]

night wendi !! ....hmmm with a fanit really shouldnt be flunctuating so much ... did ya calibrate your thermometer?

 

[Alaskan]

I just noticed, am almost at 1,000 posts... Do I get a new title with that?

 

[silver1313]

but in all actuallity 94-100 isnt bad .. its just the spike that sux ... what day are you on ?