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Oh Michelle! That is maddening! I just listed four auctions for Icelandic eggs! If they don't sell, I can help you out and could probably even help you out early next week if they do sell. Check your thermometer. I was having lousy hatches only to find out the temp in the Brinsea was 3 degrees lower than it was reading. The Brinsea Spotcheck is an excellent thermometer. I hope you solve the problem soon. Candle next time, then if there is a problem you can catch it sooner and get more eggs.
That would be awesome! I am improving my thermometer collection
I'm usually a candle-aholic but this time I just didn't have time.
On a more positive note, I finally found the camera with the video capabilities (it was hidden in the bottom of my laptop bag and I looked everywhere BUT there
) So now I can take some videos of my Icelandic's antics. They are so fun to watch. I'm amazed at hose different they behave, very different than the layers, even though they are all raised together. They have their own way of doing things.
Isn't that the truth!! I find it so interesting that they stick together in their own group despite being raised in a mixed group in a brooder with no outside influence on them. They are so much more outgoing and curious and I think they have "their own secret language" that only they understand. Chickie Mama currently has two Icelandics (from The Warden's eggs) and three Ameraucana chicks she is raising. The Icelandics were the first to be able to fly up to and over the board (10 inches high) doorway that separates their broody pen from the barn. Gotta Love 'em!!
Oh Michelle! That is maddening! I just listed four auctions for Icelandic eggs! If they don't sell, I can help you out and could probably even help you out early next week if they do sell. Check your thermometer. I was having lousy hatches only to find out the temp in the Brinsea was 3 degrees lower than it was reading. The Brinsea Spotcheck is an excellent thermometer. I hope you solve the problem soon. Candle next time, then if there is a problem you can catch it sooner and get more eggs.
That would be awesome! I am improving my thermometer collection
I'm usually a candle-aholic but this time I just didn't have time.
On a more positive note, I finally found the camera with the video capabilities (it was hidden in the bottom of my laptop bag and I looked everywhere BUT there
Isn't that the truth!! I find it so interesting that they stick together in their own group despite being raised in a mixed group in a brooder with no outside influence on them. They are so much more outgoing and curious and I think they have "their own secret language" that only they understand. Chickie Mama currently has two Icelandics (from The Warden's eggs) and three Ameraucana chicks she is raising. The Icelandics were the first to be able to fly up to and over the board (10 inches high) doorway that separates their broody pen from the barn. Gotta Love 'em!!
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