EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[meltel]

OCD I would think.

Founded in 1886, life was all about the mail order catalog in much of the country through most of the 1900s.
Amazing.

They startle me if I encounter them unexpectedly but then I get over it. In 65 years of encountering lots of snakes, I've never been bitten. I came close a couple times recently.
Like the time I reached inside the garage door to turn a light on and not feeling the switch I peered around the corner to see a big snake coiled on top of the switch box.

That and dandelions are a couple of the few things that, once established, the chickens can't really kill.

The only geese I have experience with are wild Canadians.
Depending on the time of year, if you take their eggs, they may lay another clutch. A little later in the season they'll give up and wait till next year.

I think her trip is in the middle of summer.


Feather Fixer is a little higher in protein and a little lower in calcium than the Dumor layer pellets. I'm not sure how much higher the vitamins/minerals in it are than other layer feed.
It probably wouldn't hurt to give a vitamin/mineral supplement about once a week. Just don't overdo it. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.

A coincidence? Likely the fan failed because of dust.

Quote:
I had a bank of 4 cheap low power fans in my hatcher. After about 6 hatches (especially a nasty goose hatch) only one was still working full speed and one just barely turning.
I bought beefier fans with filters and they're working great now.

barred rock
drop the humidity


My mower is down right now. Drive belt broke. I have to get it going this week or I'm in trouble.
Depends on the breed and the age. Do you have others of the same breed and age to compare it to?

Congratulations.

I think this should be it for her. I have 6 of them in the bator that I took and from what I am reading, this is the end of their laying season. Whew!

Laying season is not a fun time for me and geese-she is stubborn and all he does is hiss and follow me. He has never been aggressive-just wants me to know not to mess with his woman!

 

[kwhites634]

. I peered around the corner to see a big snake coiled on top of the switch box.

My mower is down right now. Drive belt broke. I have to get it going this week or I'm in trouble.
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I'd have had a heart attack on the spot! I did almost put a hand down on a rat snake that was hanging on a mortar joint between two blocks of the basement wall, though. I'm so paranoid about snakes in the house that I actually shot one inside the house last year in the basement. Came in once to find a shed skin in the Venetian blinds...'bout 6' long. DW don't know about that one.

I got lucky this year with the mower, so far. I'd pulled the battery last year & set it in the basement, on the charger, where it stayed 'til yesterday. I'd also run both tanks dry, so I had no gas-turned-to-shellac in the carbs to contend with.

I re-installed the battery yesterday, poured <a cup of gas in each tank, & hit the switch. I cranked a while 'til the fuel lines were full, and fired up. No problem; didn't even get hung up & have to pull it out.

 

[kwhites634]

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Greetings & salutations, Abi

May your pleasures be many and your troubles be few
Thanks

 

[BullChick]

 

[BullChick]

HI, DAX!!!

 

[NaJoBeLe]

@Chaos18 @NaJoBeLe LOL how about a 30 dollar Plastic coat hanger!!! ha ha ha

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Maybe @Chaos18 should process paperwork for a patent. Mine needs a bit more tweaking and I'm busy with the incubator build. Didnt even use the one I put together when I processed a few weeks ago.

 

[Chaos18]

Maybe @Chaos18 should process paperwork for a patent. Mine needs a bit more tweaking and I'm busy with the incubator build. Didnt even use the one I put together when I processed a few weeks ago.

It's funny because my brother built a couple similar to mine as well. Except his meet in the middle like the professional ones do because he's got a welder and knows how to use it.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Maybe [@=/u/337270/Chaos18]@Chaos18[/@] should process paperwork for a patent. Mine needs a bit more tweaking and I'm busy with the incubator build. Didnt even use the one I put together when I processed a few weeks ago.

It's funny because my brother built a couple similar to mine as well. Except his meet in the middle like the professional ones do because he's got a welder and knows how to use it.

The skill of welding, never tried but I'm sure if I ever learned it would be a priceless skill set to add to the kit.

 

[dan26552]

I've seen at least four or five.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

I've seen at least four or five.

Congrats, my broody of about a week has kicked 4 of the dozen I gave her so far. She seems happy with the 8 she has now so we will see how it goes.