INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Chaos18]

@Sammiebaby966 Morning and

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Well that is perfect, isn't it.
We can't even get straw around here now. Everyone is sold out and hay is waaaay more expensive than it was a few years ago.

i dont know where i would find straw but i can get hay and mulch hay (very good quality) for FREE, i just have to help bale and stack
last year i got 230 bales, this year so far i have grabbed up 160, but will get more later

I've never run out of ovates before but apparently I have because the box is greyed out.


All 4 of the other eggs due today have pips of various sizes. I feel bad for the wrong ender because it was from the best egg and I put it in a plastic container for pedigree.
The worst part is that I have 3 more due tomorrow (stupid, I know).
Hopefully the new pippers will get far enough along that I can pull this one out before the other 3 pip.

good luck on the malpo, i hope it makes it

Have several or sharpen as you go.

Hi everyone.

Three out of thirteen out so far. But it's very hot out so little worried.

Yayyyyyy!!!!

Hi, sort of lurking and drinking some wine. Hope you all are well and your chicks or ducklings or pea chicks oh and goats are great.

Benny I am so glad I don't have to worry about a mongoose but mink here are just as bad.

And with that, Good Night! Working this weekend and next but may be doing some chicks shopping tomorrow. Hubby hasn't said no yet. COCHINS AGAIN!

i love when they dont say no

They were really rude about it!

-Kathy

i can imagine, i hate stores like that, or employees like that

For three whole months, I've been told to drink hard root beer floats. Apparently, you have to like the brand of hard root beer first.

ROFL!! why not take root beer add vanilla vodka then ice cream

That what I told them, but they think that just because they are made at the same mill that they are the same product. I tried to explain it to them, but they are just too dense or something.

-Kathy

or something

Hi everyone, I have been sooo busy with work, getting a place ready for the broody and her chicks, and getting ready for vacation that I have not been able to get caught up.

@BantyChooks @Pensmaster and the others hope your hatch is going well, I saw my first head this evening and heard more peeping

I will find out how many tomorrow evening when I move her.
She showed one to me, but when I tried a picture she puffed up and hid it. Since more are hatching pictures will have to come tomorrow.

cant wait to see them!

I really wish you would try the Vitamins. Now, especially if wry neck is setting in. Plus, Neo on the yolk that is left. Putting water on it, might cause infection. :/

she is doing home made electrolytes, i told her to put betadine on it, but she may have missed it

lol...I'm sure a lot of you are going what? Don't you just love how I come in every 200 or so posts, and do catch up...on some posts? Some of you may or may not remember where, when that was talked about by now. Sorry. I only come in once in a while...I'm worried about little ducky.

lol, you werent that far off, and you are fine!

Just recieved our incubator today (incuview)! Gonna run it for a few days to see how it tests then planning to set on the full moon next week, the 19th.

We are going to set 15 of our own eggs, barnyard mix of dark egg layers, easter/olive eggers and a couple Andalusian. Also setting 12 BCM/blue/splash from a hatchery a few cities away.

Any tips or pointers that I wouldn't find in the forums would be great.

WOOHOO!! welcome to the thread!
let us know what your questions are and we can help locate answers

GOOD LUCK!!!

Europe should wake up!!
80 killed and hundred wounded in a terror attack in Nice France.
A muslim driver drove with a large truck into a festive crowd that was
Having a 14 July parade, and befot he was gun down he managed to pull an
Asolt gun and shoot some shots.

that is horrible
prayers for everyone over there

Had the first chick out and about around 11:30 last night.

Woke up to four li'l ones running around - and five more eggs pipped. Should be an exciting day!

How many of the dozen will eventually hatch out? Stay tuned...

No pips yet.

lol, arent they do in like 6 hours 42 minutes and 32 seconds???

I already told her. Gotta keep carbon steel oiled though or it'll rust. Tip I got from an old-timer was to use vegetable or olive oil, that way you don't taint your meat with chemical laced synthetic knife oil.

my old timer friend always told me olive oil, it also is good for leather care, has no smell, or color, and won't destroy stitching most importantly. They have found olive oil in europe over 1000 years old that is still perfect for use

I was taking pictures of a SPR pullet that was sitting on the arm of the swing. Suddenly, she pooped. So, I took a picture of that!

LOL, make sure to tag kathy!

Number six just hatched and the kids videoed it. Hard to see, but they were pretty excited!

where are our pictures? congrats!!

I have a toddler jumping on me.

ouch!

I was too busy trying to not get sick on her. She was standing on my legs, then slamming into my stomach while I was laying back in the recliner.

duct tape

 

[DwayneNLiz]

HAPPY FRIDAY MORNING EVERYONE!!!

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[DwayneNLiz]

yes it was productive.....i finished wiring in under cabnet lights in the kitchen.

thats great!

Morning Crew.....

GOOD MORNING!!!

 

[Chaos18]

my old timer friend always told me olive oil, it also is good for leather care, has no smell, or color, and won't destroy stitching most importantly. They have found olive oil in europe over 1000 years old that is still perfect for use

Yea I usually use olive oil. I've also heard it can be used for leather like that.

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[DwayneNLiz]

Yea I usually use olive oil. I've also heard it can be used for leather like that.

Howdy
i use it on all my tack after i clean it

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Saddle soap works, too

 

[kwhites634]

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Hey, Liz

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Saddle soap works, too

depends on whats in it, i like fiebings for washing, but i still oil it with the olive oil, we noticed in some oif our older tack the stitching was failing so we stopped using neatsfoot

Hey, Liz

good morning Ken


speaking of tack i really need to clean and oil my driving harness

 

[ChickenCanoe]

our temps have been in the nineties whth humidity at 88% right now.

Same here across the state from you. We had some severe storms as the cold front moved through and now we have a couple day break with lower humidity and highs in the 80s. Sunday the heat and humidity return.

lol...I'm sure a lot of you are going what? ...

Couldn't break her. Tried for the last three days. Every afternoon same story setting on more eggs. So I'll have to pull new eggs from her every day.

You can't let her underbelly touch anything that will hold heat. An elevated wire bottom cage has been used for centuries.
We kept about 4 cages hanging from the roof of the hen house around head high to make it easier to feed and water them and it seemed like there were always a couple hens in them.

Yep! I update the hatcher list and recently started on keeping the notes up-to-date.

Just recieved our incubator today (incuview)! Gonna run it for a few days to see how it tests then planning to set on the full moon next week, the 19th.

We are going to set 15 of our own eggs, barnyard mix of dark egg layers, easter/olive eggers and a couple Andalusian. Also setting 12 BCM/blue/splash from a hatchery a few cities away.

Any tips or pointers that I wouldn't find in the forums would be great.

I second what everyone else said about calibrating. Don't trust any unknown thermometer, hygrometer or even the displays on the incubator.

Europe should wake up!!
80 killed and hundred wounded in a terror attack in Nice France.
A muslim driver drove with a large truck into a festive crowd that was
Having a 14 July parade, and befot he was gun down he managed to pull an
Asolt gun and shoot some shots.

That was horrible.
I surely look at this differently than a Jewish person living in Israel but here's my take.
In most of these cases, these people just happen to be muslim. They aren't religious, just frustrated petty criminals that go crazy. It is terrorism, nonetheless.
We have always had terrorists. Just members of society that feel powerless to have any influence through normal channels and strike out.
I was in Florence, Italy in 1974 when terrorists bombed a train. I was on a train going west and that train was going east out of Florence. The bomb detonated at the end of a tunnel under the Apennines. It killed 12 and wounded 48. The neo-fascist group Ordine Nero was upset when the government dissolved an ultra right wing political organization.
I think they were after the Prime Minister who had been on the train but he disembarked before the train left Rome.

Muslim/Arab/North African populations haven't assimilated into most European societies like they have in the US.
In Europe, many are clustered in poverty stricken areas. IMHO, that is the cause of anger, not a strict adherence to religious fervor.
We have lots of those people here but we have no massive exclusively Muslim enclaves here. As an example, hundreds of NYPD officers are Muslim. That hasn't happened in Europe.
This guy was of Tunisian ancestry but he was French and a petty criminal who happened to also have grown up with the Muslim faith.

Solar disinfection -tip how to use the hot summer sun for the benefit of your chickens
A lot of parasites use the ground as a intermediate medium in between infection of your flock. Fungi, bacteria , worms, coci, and viruses including the dreaded MDV .
You can eliminate this parasites from your coop and run by a simple act. (That could be only if you have the time, hot sun and patience!) The method is called solar desinfectio. The principal is very easy, you cover your coop floor and your run with a transparent polyethylene sheets ( plastic) put on it some stone or bagg full with sand for fixing it on the ground, and live it in the sun for a week or more.
The green house effect that occur under the plastic sheet will rase the temp to a degree that will kill almost everything in the top soil!
In Israel the farmers use that method on entire fields!
It is very recommended when you change flocks, after you took out the first, and before entering the second.


See pic

Read this
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_solarization

That works well wherever the sun reaches the ground.
Trouble is, most of my property is always shaded.

Had the first chick out and about around 11:30 last night.

Woke up to four li'l ones running around - and five more eggs pipped. Should be an exciting day!

How many of the dozen will eventually hatch out? Stay tuned...

I have 4 out and the other 4 eggs have pipped.
I feel bad for the little guy that hatched yesterday because he's stuck in his pedigree cage. I hope the others get going so I can take him out.

Good morning everyone. I wish I could capture the beautiful Red Dawn we had this morning, but there is not enough light.

For those of you that have had broodies I have a question. I need to balance the eggs that are still hatching and the chicks that started last night in the evening. The Broody is in a high box in a coop that is too crowded. I built Coop that the Broody and her chicks can stay in while I am on vacation. I have to leave in the morning, and the chicks from last night we'll have to eat and drink soon. When would you move her?

The sooner the better.

Good Morning, Abi. How are ya?

Get Chaos to tell you where he got that knife he has, made of carbon steel. I'm no knife expert, but carbon steel's reputed to take & hold the best edge

High carbon steel takes an edge easily but doesn't hold it well. Stainless is very hard to sharpen but holds an edge longer.

I would love to know, and have bopinions an the best sharpening (wet) stone. @Chaos18 @ChickenCanoe

I have a wet stone somewhere but haven't used it in years. My son gave me a Chef'sChoice diamond hone that I use and I use a steel also. If the knife is really in bad shape I use a file to get it close till I use the hone.

I already told her. Gotta keep carbon steel oiled though or it'll rust. Tip I got from an old-timer was to use vegetable or olive oil, that way you don't taint your meat with chemical laced synthetic knife oil.

X2 Don't leave it in the rain.

Woohoo!! Thanks, I'm so terribly impatient. I'm used to hatching bantams, at slightly higher temps, so I usually get pips by day 18.....
reeeaathe, bubbles, breathe...... Only on day 20.....

No.

Good morning whites!
Very much so.

Do you hatch bantam eggs at higher temps because you are impatient?
Small eggs will hatch early on their own without altering the temperature further causing them to come early.
Chicks hatching early because of high temps tend to be thin and noisy.

I know how to calibrate my themometer but not the hygrometer. That would be helpfull!

I don't currently use one but the simplest way I've done it is to put it outside in the shade for an hour or so. Go to the accuweather website and enter your zip code. Get the humidity for your area and compare it to that on the hygrometer.

Maybe ChickenCanoe can offer better advice on a wet stone than I can. I actually don't use one. If I need to just put a quick sharp edge or touch up an edge when using a knife for butchering I always use a good quality sharpening steel. I don't use high quality knives so if I need to use something other than the sharpening steel I'll just use any regular knife sharpener and then touch it up with the steel. I've heard good things about any of the Lansky Knife Sharpening Systems but have never actually used one.

Aside from a file or a steel, I primarily use this after they're fairly sharp.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EMFQ8..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=QWNJ997RAXHH6DX333P4

When I installed vinyl roofs, I used a file to sharpen scissors and could get them like a razor blade. You could put the scissors at the edge of the vinyl and with no resistance it would move through like it was water.

So what sharpening steel do you use?

As long as it is a decent steel, I don't think the brand matters as much as technique.
I'm not as good as my son. He can make a knife sharp in seconds with a steel. Speed and maintaining a consistent angle.

Good morning Pens. Thanks for pointing out MC's response. I missed it.
@MotorcycleChick thank you, I will do it this afternoon when I get off. Since I leave tomorrow, I asked off at 3:30.

Have a safe trip. Have your gear packed?

I want some! It would sure beat my protien bar.
@kwhites634 Good luck on your nice build!

Hard boil a couple eggs while you're getting ready for work, stick them in your pocket and eat them on the road. That's what I did when I had to go to work too early for a good breakfast.