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

[LocalYokel]

7 and 4. They're of age. Still coop training the birds and the kids let them sneak out. No fence for the goats, so can't have them getting out. Housework... Well... We're getting there.
60s during the day, high 30s at night. Or warmer. Or colder. It varies wildly, which is why I have a cold.

 

[BullChick]

I've got it! I was trying to figure out the best way to have the chicks sectioned off from the others in the coop without it being a big issue. While making the ducks sleep with the chickens (saying with the fishes was tempting, but the double meaning was driving me too crazy) is a good idea too. A table with plastic fencing zip tied around the legs allows the chicks to have their room, and the chickens can happily jump on top.
The more I type, the more ideas coming to me.

Now I am going to sit here until I decide which to do.

 

[lindalouly]

I've got it! I was trying to figure out the best way to have the chicks sectioned off from the others in the coop without it being a big issue. While making the ducks sleep with the chickens (saying with the fishes was tempting, but the double meaning was driving me too crazy) is a good idea too. A table with plastic fencing zip tied around the legs allows the chicks to have their room, and the chickens can happily jump on top.
The more I type, the more ideas coming to me. Now I am going to sit here until I decide which to do.

That's a good idea.

 

[BullChick]

Thank you. I did it at a swap meet years ago. Worked great.

 

[lindalouly]

Good morning to all. Another beautiful rainy day in the great northwest!

 

[BullChick]

Good morning to all. Another beautiful rainy day in the great northwest!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Motorcyclechick why are you hatching all these exotic animals and do you hatch any other reptiles? I am a bit jelous that sounds really fun.

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Just finished baking some spelt bread. I was actually worried about making it because if we don't like it it gets thrown to the chickens, but I was very surprised. The outside is lovely, crisp like French baguettes. The inside is almost cloudlike, just perfectly textured. If you guys ever get the chance to bake fresh bread, try spelt because it's definitely going to be our stock bread in this house.

yummmyyyyy

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So i have been contemplating a new incubator because of taxes and starting my Ayam Cemani breeding. I am going to be working towards standard of perfection so I want the best possible one for the best possible deal. I was looking at cabinet if not a large brinsea. Any pros and cons to cabinet vs large brinsea.

@dheltzel

Anybody talked to Sally recently? Is she OK?
-Banti

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Morning Sally's house.

Ok so i have never susesfully hatched a chicken or any other poultry(i also never susesfully learned to spell but thats a diffrent story) and i found some ayam cemani eggs on a website for sale and was wondering how stupid it would be to buy them. 1 being the dumbest 1098 being enistein.

Nooooooooooo use local eggs first!! and let us help you!!! @wesgef9 do you have name you prefer? Wes? you need an avy image!! lol

A great place to find eggs CHEAP! post #7755
Julian date on trader Joe eggs understanding it! http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/partners/fepp/julian-calendar.pdf post #5098
BYC Links for EGGS........

• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...egg-auction-and-bin-thread/4280#post_16161710
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread/10720#post_16151948
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs

LOCAL BYC THREADS in the Where am I? Where are you Section! click HERE


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HOW to POST PICs from a CELL PHONE / AP or browser see starting at post #1208
Updating avatar/profile picture HERE
Posting pictures onto the BYC Forum from laptop/desktop HERE
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TAG HOW to keep typing after you @ someone! see:post #2469 post #1088
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Gotta run... Say hi to Sally for me if she comes back.

-Banti

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Both gorgeous!!! How old is Sunna Mike?

Gonna be one of those days. Went to bed feeling fairly productive. Set up outside brooder for my 19 mixed 5 wk olds, cleaned indoor brooder and set up for my week olds, set up incubator and put the shipped eggs in, cleaned big coop and changed out bedding/dusted nest boxes, and other randomness that I'm forgetting about.

Woke up this morning and the incubator didn't come back up to temp. Hasn't been above 95. I'm using a different thermometer but not sure if I trust it. The STC thermostat is set to 100. Actually I mixed things up quite a bit this go around so we will see how it goes. If temp is still down this afternoon I will tinker with it

Walked outside and the closer I got to the brooder pen the uglier it got. Fresh dirt on both ends. Rough guess is something got about half of them. Seemed like it was secure but dosent look like 1/2" hardware cloth is going to work. Didn't tear it loose or get through it but somehow managed to get at least some of the birds out. 3 dead in pen mangled and 2 injured but still alive and eating and drinking.

Plan forward is to move the brooder pen into my shed and hope that goes better.

Ehhh. Getting really tired of this part of it.

I am not understanding why the stc is having drops etc? where is your probe? did you see the suggestions as to where to put it? your scaring me and I may just skip installing mine and putting a wafer in it!

STC where to put the sensor post #59884

 

[lindalouly]

Make sure you keep them gators away from those chicks, MC.

 

[kwhites634]

Not familiar with Tax Act, but it probably isn't much different than TurboTax; perhaps not quite as comprehensive. You could d/l TurboTax & see if it does any better, then file an amendment if it gives you a better "bottom line"

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Quote: AKC just recognized the breed in 2010. Last I heard, there were around 700 AKC registered. Should be higher now. Of course they have been around much longer, considered a primitive breed, Northern Spitz.
I had no idea there were that rare

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So does anyone else have an opinion on putting those chicks out?

I think just a bit yet too, unless you give them access to heat lamp??

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yeeeezussss

Not familiar with Tax Act, but it probably isn't much different than TurboTax; perhaps not quite as comprehensive. You could d/l TurboTax & see if it does any better, then file an amendment if it gives you a better "bottom line"

I use TT too