French frogs

[scflock]

Way too dry for me... we're at 50% and climbing...
Gotta love those hot steamy nights...

Hey, did you see that Susan critiqued that black yesterday but still hasn't done ours???

I'm letting her off the hook. See my last post over there

 

[FridayYet]

I think the AM thread has disintegrated into a chat thread. Pretty soon it will be bumped to the Random Ramblings section.

 

[scflock]

I think the AM thread has disintegrated into a chat thread.  Pretty soon it will be bumped to the Random Ramblings section. 

Not totally my fault

 

[Ravynscroft]

I'm letting her off the hook. See my last post over there

Suck up!

I think the AM thread has disintegrated into a chat thread.  Pretty soon it will be bumped to the Random Ramblings section. 

I don't think I ever would have seen that if he hadn't said something... good grief...

 

[sideWing]

For me, I use a paper towel. In Utah? Buy the pump. If you want to be totally hands off, the pump is worth it, especially in Utah. Ask Friday and WV. I like running the vent fully open, too, but I can do that with the paper towel in SC

It's $150!! Maybe when I sell some birds I will buy it with bird money. I can afford it, but I like to have the hobby pay for itself. I will be going with papertowel to begin with.

Like SC said, you might have to fill both channels since we're so high and dry. Unless the eggs came from high altitude, I like to keep the vent wide open to compensate for the reduced oxygen here. Without the pump, you might consider hatching in the Frankenbator if it keeps the humidity up well.

I will fill both and see how that goes. The eggs are from my flock and altitude so they should be ok on oxygen.

Forgot about the Frankenbator. That's another option

Bride of Frankenbator will be the new hatcher and humidity is a piece of cake in that one. I will try to remember to get pics of her.

Nope, not hands off if ambient humidity is 10%. I keep a trough filled and the pump tops it off occasionally. You can tell when the trough water evaporates since the pump runs almost constantly and can barely keep up. I lockdown with 2 channels full, paper towel across the bottom and the pump still has to come on a few times every hour.

It doesn't seem to be an issue in Frankenbator, I will have to see how the brinsea does.

Here, if I top off both channels on day 19 and put the paper towel under the tray, I'm usually good until the hatch is complete. This next hatch is probably going to last 4-5 days, so I'll have to add water through the vent with a straw

Vent? At the top where the two water droplet icons are? Is that what that's for? It's a tiny hole in mine.

It becomes much easier once you build up your flock... I just had a really huge set back last year and still a bit gun shy... had all of my grow outs in one pen, entire new line of Am's, OH's Ginger Red OEGB's and many of my flocks first offspring... they got wiped out in one stormy night by a pair of dogs that ripped through 16gauge welded wire... slaughtered every one, almost 50 birds... after that I got way more careful til I had more of each...

What did the owner of the dogs do?

 

[frmboyinthecity]

Be nice to have some in the state, great choice!

I thought he was. I love the feathers.

Thanks. I'm excited for them. It's been a pretty long wait. But I wanted the weather to be warmer when they came. Hopefully.

 

[rossfam06]

Well...all the threads are dead...im.shocked!

 

[Tumbling K]

Well...all the threads are dead...im.shocked!

well they all peaked when you said you would pick up WV.........

everything since then has been downhill.......

 

[scflock]

It's $150!! Maybe when I sell some birds I will buy it with bird money. I can afford it, but I like to have the hobby pay for itself. I will be going with papertowel to begin with.

I will fill both and see how that goes. The eggs are from my flock and altitude so they should be ok on oxygen. 

Bride of Frankenbator will be the new hatcher and humidity is a piece of cake in that one. I will try to remember to get pics of her.

It doesn't seem to be an issue in Frankenbator, I will have to see how the brinsea does.

Vent? At the top where the two water droplet icons are? Is that what that's for? It's a tiny hole in mine.

Not that one, the actual air vent. I put a straw through the hole down to the floor over a well, then add water with a syringe

 

[rossfam06]

. Oh by the way....if you guys ever see jealous husband floating around the threads....that's my husband.