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

[Chaos18]

Ok I gotta go.
Happy Friday Everyone!

Thanks for all the electrical help.

 

[daxigait]

You are full of AWESOME sauce!!!! Thank you!!!!! I really needed it (see below). 

That may work - perhaps I can even create that in my head - every week or so, just think "OMG, Sally might come over this weekend!!!!" and then I'll go into a frenzy (gotta impress Ms. Sally!!!)e

OK, so I was having a hard time reading the calibrated thermometer display in the incubator this morning as I walked by on the way to the kitchen to make coffee (it had shifted), so I opened the incubator very quickly to shift it. Then when I swung by about 10 minutes later, the temp was only 99.6°F - as I watched, the next reading was 99.2, then next 99.0, then 98.8... (I got it switched to F). I watched, and it kept slowly going down! I though, OMG, what's wrong with this incubator???!!!

So I took the calibrated thermometer out and did the data logging download (logs the temp and humidity each minute) - solidly running between 100.5°F and 101.2°F all night (which is where I wanted it), until this morning. As I was putting it back in, I realized - I must not have put the lid back on correctly the first time (in my caffeine-deprived state), and it was losing heat.

[COLOR=FF0000]USER ERROR!!!!! [/COLOR]


It's holding a very nice 100.6°F now, thankyewveerymuch. (Humidity is higher than I'd like at 45%, but ambient humidity is 72%, so that can't be helped - it'll come back down soon now that the lid is back on properly  , and it's supposed to dry out this weekend.)

So... everyone out there, ensure good lid placement practices. In fact, I would strongly recommend NOT touching the incubator until you've had AT LEAST two cups of coffee.   

[COLOR=0000FF]REMEMBER, COFFEE SAVES CHICKS' LIVES!!!!![/COLOR]

- Ant Farm

Morning!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good morning and Shalom to all of you good people !

How is your morninig today?

 

[Chaos18]

Shalom Benny. The morning is good with strong coffee. How is your afternoon?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Gooooooood morning everybody!

Lockdown tonight on my Ameruacana and two blue black splash English Orpingtons

. Oops tomorrow, getting excited

Quote: gonna do mine after dark tonight!!

ONE MORE DAY TILL LOCKDOWN

Quote: very nice sweets!!!!

@Chaos18 fans are both up and running without a loss of speed. One quick electrical question/problem. I had to connect the second fan while the first was running or neither would run. Any ideas?

Are you sure you have enough power?

Batteries on all of my computer devices need charging. This is a sign that I should work on the incubator and finally get groceries. My replacement eggs might arrive today or tomorrow. Wish me luck on the incubator. It has been a challenge. The MacGyverbator is available for the eggs until I get this new one finished.

Good morning everyone!
I haven't kept up with the pace of the thread. I hope everyone is doing well. Daxi, hope your chicks are getting and staying healthy and that you can scrub the germs away on your old coop. Good luck with lockdown CH.
Mrleeroy I've been on the natanhala (sp?) Site a bunch too. I agree with your goal of finding something local.

Morning!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@ChickenCanoe are you feeling ok now?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Shalom Benny. The morning is good with strong coffee. How is your afternoon?

It is wonderful! We are preparing for our Shabbat diner, with my wife parents, its the beginning of the weekend and that is always good! And you are preparing yourself for this wonderful day?

 

[Chaos18]

gonna do mine after dark tonight!!

very nice sweets!!!!

Are you sure you have enough power?

Morning!!!

Waiting until day 10 to do mine. Trying to reduce the number of candleings for my eggspearmint.

 

[Chaos18]

It is wonderful! We are preparing for our Shabbat diner, with my wife parents, its the beginning of the weekend and that is always good!

And you are preparing yourself for this wonderful day?

I'm drinking lots of strong coffee in preparation for this day

What are you making for dinner?

 

[daxigait]

MC you need to set eggs for the April HAL with us....  you can sell the chicks on CL or something!!!  or duckkkkkieeeessss   and talk whites into joining and fire up his bator for April!!

   well now I feel like CHIT!!!    I honestly dont help them.  I have had my time in trying to fix ill chicks and finally decided I cant do that for as much as I hatch and then I started to breed and well, they go bye bye

thanks, I have just lost so many lately and only have been able to help one of this group it is getting difficult.
On another note, what are the base birds for your project, and when do you think you will have any available?