Greetings from new guy in Madoc, Ontario, Canada

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Dennis Linton

Dennis Linton

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Mar 26, 2016
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Madoc, Ontario, Canada
Greetings folks! Old farm boy here in Madoc, Ontario (about half way between Toronto and Ottawa). Raised a lot of cattle and hogs and milked a lot of cows in my time but my chicken experience is limited. Forced into early retirement due to some health problems (nothing horrible), I have been putting together some things to provide reasons to get up in the morning and to occupy the time when I can get myself out the door.

I have had a few (half dozen or so) chickens free ranging and laying eggs. I have one Light Brahma hen that is very productive in the egg production - still laying 50-60% going into her third year. Anyhow, decided to raise some replacements from her and recently acquired a young (8 months) Light Brahma roost. A week after introducing the pair, started collecting hatching eggs. Got to 10 in two weeks and installed them in my home made, computer controlled incubator (http://egg.dmlinton.net).

I have a dozen colonies of honeybees at the moment and half a dozen rabbits, including a young Flemish Giant buck, being delivered this afternoon.

I have some questions on candling brown eggs at the moment and will post on the appropriate board in a few minutes.

Best regards,
Dennis
 
Hello, Dennis, welcome to BYC and good luck with the incubation. Sounds like the sort of hen to build a flock around.
 
Very nice to meet you Dennis. You sound like a very handy person to have around. You can also post on "Canadians, check-in-here thread." Great way to meet neighbors.

People often post how to's & photos of their homemade incubators and I bet yours would be a great candidate for tech wise folks.
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sourland said:
Hello, Dennis, welcome to BYC and good luck with the incubation. Sounds like the sort of hen to build a flock around.
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Thank you. Yes, she seems to be the 'old reliable'. One of the things that I like about the Brahmas is their cold tolerance for some of the wild Winters we get here in Ontario. I just turn on a heat lamp if nights are to go below about -15C (about 5F) and the Brahmas seem happy enough. That rose comb helps too.

- Dennis
 
drumstick diva said:
Very nice to meet you Dennis. You sound like a very handy person to have around. You can also post on "Canadians, check-in-here thread." Great way to meet neighbors.

People often post how to's & photos of their homemade incubators and I bet yours would be a great candidate for tech wise folks.
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Thanks. I was thinking of doing an incubator howto - its an Arduino Mega doing the supervision and control, a multiple relay board for turning fans, three 25 W lights (heaters) and humidifier (fish tank aerator bubbling a Mason jar of water) on and off, three DS18B20 temperature sensors, a DHT22 temperature/humidity sensor. It is all in a Langstroth deep 10 frame bee box with rigid insulation bottom and sides. I use a laptop to retrieve the Arduino serial data and display it as well as sending revised temperature and/or humidity control setpoints to the Arduino.
 
Hi Dennis and welcome to BYC - great to have you onboard and please do share you incubator wizardry with everyone!

All the best
CT
 
Hi Dennis.

My family is hoping to move to your neck of the woods - we are looking at a place just south of the village in a week.
 

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