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

[lazy gardener]

I know moderators... and they're probably laughing their ***es off right now!!! You can take you spidey protection glasses off now... no more spiders. I'll be nice, so no need to go to France for a week. Things might still be a little tense over there.

Oh... have I shown you the cottonmouth that bit my wife? Wanna see? Huh? Do ya? Do ya????

Wow, that must have been scary. I was surprised by that pic. I thought they were always black. Had to do a google search, and am glad I did! None here of course, but we sometimes visit in Fla. I've seen black ones there. Of course, any snake down there, I'd give it a wide berth. Any residual issues for your wife from that bite?

these are cool! I need these instead of dragons!! Rav

I hear they eat chickens. And ducks, and turkeys, small dogs...

So we lost Eggbert today. He was having pasty butt issues, and he was acting just fine yesterday, then this morning he came out to eat with the others, fell on his back and was paddling the air, couldn't get back up. His butt was clear this morning, but his stomach was rock hard, and dark colored. It looks like his navel wasn't all the way healed, and I'm pretty sure it got infected

He was drinking just fine, and we were trying to give him some electrolytes, my husband wanted to start giving him antibiotics, but by the time he got home with it, he was too far gone. I feel so bad, because we could have prevented it if I had noticed it before moving to the brooder box. We have iodone...

Poor Eggbert, he was only 3 days old.

Sorry. IMO, he'd have died no matter what you did.

take for example your driving along the road and some askhole pulls out in front of you and gets you so riled up and all you want to do is holler, cuss and give him some parts of one hand, well here you sit with a boat load of kids in the car, possibly a wife, depending who you are, anyways..... instead of pullin that finger up, throwin all that crap from yer mouth...... pull that hand up and start wavin like h@ll and smillin with as much teeth showin as you can and get the whole family involved telling that their lady how happy you are that you could help her get to her drivers class in time. You would be surprised at how fast that will change your day real quick.

Does anyone have any advice on how to raise the humidity in a Genesis 1588? I have a bowl with a sponge in it and added another sponge. I pulled the plug and add water with a funnel and straw through that vent hole. I am having a heck of a time keeping it above 60% and have helped out 4 chicks now that had trouble after zipping. Everyone was all dried out.! So far out of 39 shipped eggs I pulled one clear, hatched 21 and have 1 more pip on day 22.

Is the sponge sticking up out of the water? How big is the sponge? Be sure the bowl is set up so there's no way they can get in it. They're pretty mobile. I had one jump out of a 4" dish right after hatch.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

thanks! Had to have something with both of us!

absolutely stunning, and remind me of me and the kiddo

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Is the sponge sticking up out of the water? How big is the sponge? Be sure the bowl is set up so there's no way they can get in it. They're pretty mobile. I had one jump out of a 4" dish right after hatch.

mornin lg

whats shakin?

 

[fire370]

I have a shelf liner covering the grate bottom. I was afraid it would retain to much moisture and then the eggs would get wet on the bottoms. I may pull out the liner for the next hatch

I use the perforated shelf liners in all of my incubators. Go ahead and add as close to 100 degree water as you can to the bottom. Do this quickly with a syringe, straw or funnel and get that humidity up asap!!!!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

holy smokes I am looking for a grinder at cabelas cause I still have the old clamp on the table meat grinder! look at the prices for a freaking grinder! really? yeezus I will keep my hand crank thank you! cabelas sale

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I use the perforated shelf liners in all of my incubators. Go ahead and add as close to 100 degree water as you can to the bottom. Do this quickly with a syringe, straw or funnel and get that humidity up asap!!!!!!

mornin fire

whats on the to do list today?

 

[lazy gardener]

Just finishing up a week of vaca. Hubby is sick with a respiratory bug that he caught from GD. GS has been sick. Miserable vaca week! Back to my first per diem day of work on Monday, (In 6 months!) then have to report to jury duty. Hoping to be able to get out of it, as the per diem hours are actually available now. Fat chance. Gotta clip some wings before Monday. They all feel entitled to fly over a 6' fence, then are too stupid to go back in to lay their eggs.

 

[fire370]

mornin fire   whats on the to do list today? 

Running the chainsaw.........

 

[BantyChooks]

  I am looking for a grinder at cabelas cause I still have the old clamp on the table meat grinder!  look at the prices for a freaking grinder!  really?  yeezus  I will keep my hand crank thank you!  cabelas sale

I know, it is crazy!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Just finishing up a week of vaca. Hubby is sick with a respiratory bug that he caught from GD. GS has been sick. Miserable vaca week! Back to my first per diem day of work on Monday, (In 6 months!) then have to report to jury duty. Hoping to be able to get out of it, as the per diem hours are actually available now. Fat chance. Gotta clip some wings before Monday. They all feel entitled to fly over a 6' fence, then are too stupid to go back in to lay their eggs.

oh geeezzz well hop to it then, hope everyone feels better and you keep that bubble around you!! And getter done!