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

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@kwhites634 ... I spent this afternoon building and setting up my new chick feeder. Replacing the 7 lb feeder wit 2" PVC (dual 3" stacks) created a lot more room in the brooder, but my main goal is to cut down on waste. I was filling the 7 lb feed every couple of days, until I noticed at least half of the feed was mixed in the pine shavings. They can eat out of holes in the PVC, or they can scratch to get the food in the bedding, or both. The new feeder holds approximately 10 lbs of feed, so less filling... although it's much easier to fill since it's done from the outside now.

As with most all my projects it was a work in progress, so it ended up looking nothing like my original "plan" (plan = image in my head). All in all, I think it'll serve my purpose, so I'm happy with it. I may come back later and slot the top of the pipe so there's a larger feeding area. We'll see...


Certainly looks like it's getting the job done, WTG!
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I will too if ya go around braggin about how warm it is!
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Just know EVERY SINGLE ONE of us in colder climates are ready to throttle you if you mention "60 degrees" one more time.
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I'll have you know it was a brisk 49F here today, and 25F last night! Don't preach to me about cold!!! I've seen it, and I conquered it! Yesssssssss!!!
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JOSEPH Michael UR !!!!
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I havent a clue but it sounds good anyways!
Well... you named both my sons, so not too shabby!
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Hey! that was a real question!!
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I used to live in Chengdu so I was curious!
I think they want you back. Just saying...
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Quote: not one pip ? what do you mean?


All Muscovy eggs died late term. Looks like humidity was too high for them.

-Kathy and the cam reached the bottom of the egg on all of them? that sucks kath so many... I still say gentle sand and wash sterlize and then sterilized heat dips once a day instead of misting. I need ducks again to keep praticing, I miss all the silkie ducks I had I just put them in an turned it on... did nothing to them. This time I cleaned them and am running the humidity at 35-40%, but they're in the RCOM this time, not the Janoel.

-Kathy

I would have gone lower in humidity but thats not knowing what you know. do you have alot of goop at the end sometimes, stuck and sometimes that yellow goop too?
Lower than 35-40%? Gotta be honest, I don't know jack, so any advice is welcome. The Janoel was hard to regulate, bu I guess it was 45-50% most of the time, which was clearly to high given the amount of water in the deceased eggs. 28 day ducks did fine.

-Kathy
Don't know this, but you had asked about the goats absorption of colostrum earlier. Yes, ruminants have a shorter window than customary care, I'll call it. I don't have the numbers right in front of me. The old, and much used method, is to milk out and freeze day 1, day 2, and day 3 to use in that order for emergencies. Although, it might be ok for nutritions, not much for immunity, Limited funds go to goat research. What we do know is they are closer to deer than sheep.
 
I will too if ya go around braggin about how warm it is! :rant
Just know EVERY SINGLE ONE of us in colder climates are ready to throttle you if you mention "60 degrees" one more time. :lau


Easy Bubbles! When you live this far north, you just roll with it.
Long range forecast for my neck of the woods is day time highs of -15 next week. I am loving the 0 to minus 5 right now!
Shorts and t shirt weather in January. :lau
 
I'll have you know it was a brisk 49F here today, and 25F last night! Don't preach to me about cold!!! I've seen it, and I conquered it! Yesssssssss!!!   :weee

Well... you named both my sons, so not too shabby!    :thumbsup

I think they want you back. Just saying...   :lau

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