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[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I lack room and I have/had too many chickens

 

[cabinchicky]

Is there a tornado watch? Doing the practice drills in school was always fun. Not!

I liked them. At least it was a change of pace and I didn't have to turn in the homework I hadn't done.

 
Thanks for the link. I read in Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens that it was supposed to be 102. Maybe I need a better book on incubating.:/

Thank you. I guess it's a little late now to calibrate using the boiling point method since they're supposed to hatch today (but no signs of life yet.  ) For next time, is there a better way to calibrate at high temps other than using the boiling point method?
I am a burd lover and a dog lover! Dogs are good friends, and burdz are - I can't even describe it; they're just BURD so they're awesome! I love them all!
So you keep it at 102? I should try both ways and see which one works better ......

Awwww 

 I want to be in your class!

Alright. Since the eggs are lower now that they're not in the turner, can I keep the temp where they were before at 102? (Am I making any sense?) 

That dog looks like it would be fun to dogsit! Border collies (most of them, lol) are very nice dogs.

I know lots of people use it as their bible but I'm not the biggest fan of Storey's.

My short list of books I recommend are Gail Damerow's 'Chicken Health Handbook'. That's a must have.
For small holders and backyarders Patricia Foreman's 'City Chicks'.
And for words of wisdom from a lifelong poultry man, Kelly Klober's 'Talking Chicken'. He's the author of many books on swine and poultry - and a good friend of mine.

Taking the eggs out of the turner would lower the temp of their surroundings. Without knowing more about your situation I'm reluctant to give advice.

If you always incubate at the same temperature and your incubator holds temps well. Judge by when they hatch. If they hatch early, your temps were likely high throughout. If they hatch late, they were likely low.

She's a great dog. Well trained, excellent recall and so obedient. I think I'm giving her back today because my friend is supposed to be discharged.                             

Am I bothering y'all because if I am I will leave

No, you're fine. We like complete sentences.


All big bookstores will carry books with erroneous information.
That's on the threshold of baking chicks. A broody hen doesn't keep all ambient air at 100F.
I won't even move chicks outside cause it is supposed to get up to 100 for a couple days.

I know the internet keep going off and I can't fully make my posts make since

Understandable.

ok sorry the other thead didn't want me to be there because they were old

Many of us are old. I'm really old. That's not a problem. I have friends of all ages. Some in their 80s and some in their teens and 20s.

Mc the floor looks great by the way, bit jealous here. Hubby keeps saying nah on one due to his feet will get cold.

He needs better circulation.

Granny gone and done it they blocked me from there thread

That should be a leaning experience.
When you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.

Adults like to read requests for help in complete sentence form and our questions answered completely.
While there is a plethora of random chat on this thread, if you're wanting to chat, you may find more acceptance in one of the social threads, perhaps in this area. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/24/games-jokes-and-fun

If you knew how much I hated to wear slippers, you would understand why it makes sense for me to have carpeting. However, I do appreciate wood flooring in some rooms.

That being said, I have no idea what this winter will bring, but there is a chance that I might be covering up the wood with carpeting. If I do, I am sure that everyone will beat the crap out of me!

Or some big rugs. I like Persians but they're pricey. I used to buy Chinese rugs when I had money. They were nearly as high of quality as Persians and had some awesome designs.

Sorry had to run off for a bit! Darn it work interrupted! I would do area rugs myself, I hate full carpet in a room with my allergies. AAAAACCCCCHHHHOOO!
Oh and hubby rolled a 4 wheeler 2 years ago, hit his head very hard on our paved driveway and was injured pretty badly. Since then he is cold if temps are below 70.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hello!sorry,I have not been on,my chicken WAS sick,my chicks are a handful,and just life.........

how is the weather in Maine?

 

[Akrnaf2]

I will

Chickenhawk 33 is just a couple of years older than you.

!?
That's explain everything!,....

 

[ChickenCanoe]

was at a campground in MD last summer and they rented goats for clearing the poison for campers they would move from site to site and suggested no one touch the goats lol

I still don't understand the poison thing. How does that work?

Yes and l am sorry to say that it is the same here also! I think that the blame is on this Da.... smartphone and all this garbage social networking!

IMHO, the root of all human evils (among other things) is overpopulation.

they should PM, i bet theyd be great friends!

X2
If runt can read the messages.


A cursory look at the dead hen has be thinking egg binding. Her vent area was swollen like a softball. It's so hot here it is hard to tell. I quadruple bagged her and she's in the freezer to kill the maggots. I want to open her up in the morning when it's a tad cooler to try some detective work. I'll have to be done by 7. That's when the trash comes. She's too big for the compost I have now.
She's an olive egger so I'm not sending off for a necropsy since I don't use them for breeding.

Tough love, I know.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

  how is the weather in Maine?

It's been hot,but right now,it's raining ,I guess we need it tho

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Anyone ever get hatching eggs like this?

Recently I bought some hatching eggs to add to my incubator and hopefully to my growing flock.
When they arrived I opened my box, got all the packing material out and cut open the egg box to get the cutest darn surprise.....All my eggs were plastic.
After I recovered from my fit of laughing. I opened each egg and of course my hatching eggs were nested inside each little plastic egg.

Big thumbs up to BYC member FrenchToast. What a clever and cute way to send my eggs! All of them arrived in perfect shape!

 

[cabinchicky]

Anyone ever get hatching eggs like this?

Recently I bought some hatching eggs to add to my incubator and hopefully to my growing flock. When they arrived I opened my box, got all the packing material out and cut open the egg box to get the cutest darn surprise.....All my eggs were plastic. After I recovered from my fit of laughing. I opened each egg and of course my hatching eggs were nested inside each little plastic egg. Big thumbs up to BYC member FrenchToast. What a clever and cute way to send my eggs! All of them arrived in perfect shape!

No, mine were in baby diapers.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I still don't understand the poison thing. How does that work?

IMHO, the root of all human evils (among other things) is overpopulation.

X2
If runt can read the messages.


A cursory look at the dead hen has be thinking egg binding. Her vent area was swollen like a softball. It's so hot here it is hard to tell. I quadruple bagged her and she's in the freezer to kill the maggots. I want to open her up in the morning when it's a tad cooler to try some detective work. I'll have to be done by 7. That's when the trash comes. She's too big for the compost I have now.
She's an olive egger so I'm not sending off for a necropsy since I don't use them for breeding.

Tough love, I know.

they eat poison ivy,
lol
good luck on the OE!!

It's been hot,but right now,it's raining

,I guess we need it tho

i know we sure do in NH!! much cooler today than yesterday though

Anyone ever get hatching eggs like this?

AWESOME, great idea!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: When I was up there we tried swimming in the ocean it was freezing in August! We then found an inland lake to swim in lol