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416bigbore said:
Good Morning everyone, how are you and your flock this fine morning? Our mixed flock is doing fine even with the afternoon sprinkles and high humidity.

I am also happy to announce our small flock of 17 started to grow last night with the first egg of 14 that started to pip. So far we have 4 new baby chicks who seem to be very healthy and 3 eggs that are currently pipping and soon to hatch from the looks of it.

This is my very first time at incubating eggs and want to say thank you to @BlueBaby for helping me along the way. :hugs What an amazing thing to experience for the very first time. :love
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From our pm's, I think that I might have just turned you into a hatch-a-holic! :jumpy:jumpy:jumpy
 
Amateur-chicken-mama said:
Not currently, I will most likely get some though.
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They help allot! I put some up for mine the other day in the run, and have the timer set to go off during the hottest part of the day. They were standing under it, and left only long enough to go in the coop to lay an egg.

Edit: If you get a mister, make sure that you pick up some extra nozzles for it also for replacement's if some get clogged up. You can soak the clogged one's in some of the CLR to loosen up whatever is clogging them.
 
BlueBaby said:
They help allot! I put some up for mine the other day in the run, and have the timer set to go off during the hottest part of the day. They were standing under it, and left only long enough to go in the coop to lay an egg.
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Yeah, they sound like they’d be really helpful and would probably help me not worry as much about the ladies overheating, thanks
 
BlueBaby said:
Allot of people don't like being hot and sweaty (including me), but maybe that's why there's not as big of a population here as in some other places up north. Most want to live where it's cooler.
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Yeah, the desert has it's special magic for sure, I always loved the smell and the dry heat. I have lived in the Mojave desert and briefly in the Colorado parries but prefer the jungle and beaches of Hi. forsure :gig Been home for over 4 decades now but, I would not mind moving to a slightly cooler and larger animal friendly property as the heat/humidity on my side of the isle is not as fun as I get older. My husbands roots go deep though and it would take a big prybar to get him to budge. I think I am going to have to settle for getting an A/C eventually unless our trade winds magically kick back in. Seems it is all a big trade off :p.
 
TropicalBabies said:
Yeah, the desert has it's special magic for sure, I always loved the smell and the dry heat. I have lived in the Mojave desert and briefly in the Colorado parries but prefer the jungle and beaches of Hi. forsure :gig Been home for over 4 decades now but, I would not mind moving to a slightly cooler and larger animal friendly property as the heat/humidity on my side of the isle is not as fun as I get older. My husbands roots go deep though and it would take a big prybar to get him to budge. I think I am going to have to settle for getting an A/C eventually unless our trade winds magically kick back in. Seems it is all a big trade off :p.
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There's always a trade off, as nothing or nowhere is totally perfect. You just have to deal with thing's as they are the best that you can. Every time that it get's too hot here, I just have to remind myself that here I don't have to shovel snow in the winter. :gig
 

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