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

[ChickenCanoe]

I thought about what Sally would do, but leaving it wasn't an option for me.

I would leave it.

 

[BantyChooks]

Ohhh! She would have Duckling get it out.

But my inner Abi doesn't have a toddler..

I would leave it.

LOL! You forgot the bunny.

 

[Pensmaster]

I would leave it.

Nice hatch BTW.

Here's the mixed up Altsterier chicks. Mixed as in not sure what hens were what with this bunch.

 

[Pensmaster]

URGENT!!!


My house is getting hit by a HUGE lightning storm, and I have an incubator with 26 Eggs in it. the power has already gone out twice, but came back right away. should I wrap the incubator with towels so that if the power goes out for a while, they won't die? Thanks!

Hey deserteggs22

Just checking in to see how the power went for you last night. Did it stay on?

 

[Jennn27]

I'm not familiar with what blooms late summer and fall in your area. You'd be surprised what is out there though.
Honeybees focus on vast numbers of flowers. You rarely find them visiting a single or handful of flowers. That is the realm of solitary bees and native pollinators. Honeybees need fields or trees full.
They will travel over 4 miles from their hive. I've had a large bed of buckwheat blooming about 40' from the hive. The bees flew right over it to greener pastures.
They get a significant amount to eat from trees. However most trees are finished blooming by mid summer.
I don't see a downside to having them there. However, they do need a constant water source. A pond or stream is good. Without those, they'll need a pan of water with pebbles so they can't drown but that they can rely on.

If I ever buy another rifle, it will probably be a .270. I only have 2 rifles. A .22 semi-automatic and a 7 mm Mauser.

Wyoming and Idaho have moose. The Shiras/Yellowstone subspecies.

I've had 3 road kill deer in my freezer.

I now have 13 out. I hope the other 5 hurry up. These guys are chomping at the bit to get out in the forest and field.

Battery gun, cordless drill - same thing.
Nail guns are nice. I have a couple pneumatic brad nailers. When building a building once I rented a framing nailer that runs on co2 cartridges. It was sweet. No electric, no compressor hose to trip over or lug around.

It wasn't possible and management didn't care. 2500 employees, you had to wait your turn to make days. It seems like every time I had enough seniority to hold days, I got a different classification or trade and had to start at the bottom again. I started there in '76 and for most jobs you needed '67 seniority to hold days.

There are DeWalts and then there are DeWalts. To get a good one, you have to pay dearly but if you do, it will be a workhorse. I bought a cheaper DeWalt and wore it out in no time. I bought a Milwaukee lithium 18 volt 3.5 amp and have loved it.
IMHO, Hilti is the best by far but they are very expensive.


Always go with the lithium version. They are much lighter and less bulky.

Unless you don't need an impact gun. Impact drill/drivers are decent. It is a tough choice if you can only buy one.

Unless you work the horses, as in draft horses. Still hard work but cheaper to buy and operate than a tractor.

We were skiing at Jackson Hole when my wife was pregnant with our first child. Every time we went up the lift, I could see a moose laying just off to the side of the lift in a thicket. Every time down the run, I tried to find it. Finally after several futile attempts, I decided to take my skis off and walk through the thicket. About half way in, I realized I was stupid. What would I do in waist deep snow wearing clunky ski boots if this moose started running at me. I walked out, put my skis on, skied away and never thought about the moose again.

How about my frizzle Delaware. She raised many broods for me over the years. I never thought to hatch any of her chicks.
This is her at about 2.5 months.


She was a fierce protector. The frizzle effect made her even scarier when she would charge you.



How about my daughter's selfie with her alfresco lunch friend.




I can do cliff diving, can't do bungee jumping. None too fond of roller coasters either.

I placed a boy from Hong Kong from a foreign exchange org. in a home way out in the boonies with a bunch of older host brothers. Years later they told me they taught him to drive on some of these old dirt roads blindfolding him and telling him which way to turn.

That's about all I can do too.

35 is good for now.

Hygrometer, thermometer or both?

Well the digital one I ordered has both the humidity levels and the temp. I also have a regular thermometer in there. And I now have it at a steady 99.5* and 20-30% humidity.

 

[BullChick]

Nice hatch BTW.

Here's the mixed up Altsterier chicks. Mixed as in not sure what hens were what with this bunch.

Cute!

 

[MommaHen2Four]

e Someone wants to be my friend!
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood... Won't you be my neighbor?

I would absolutely love to be your neighbor!

 

[deserteggs22]

Hey deserteggs22

Just checking in to see how the power went for you last night. Did it stay on?

Awe! Thank you! It didn't go out again after that first time, but I stayed up until it passed just to be safe.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: That's what I like about the Hav-A-Hart; just walk up to the trap & pop 'em through the wire , point blank; no pain, no strain, no suffering.

 

[Pensmaster]

Awe! Thank you! It didn't go out again after that first time, but I stayed up until it passed just to be safe.

I would have done the same.

Glad it stayed on. Here's for another 3 weeks of power.

What type of eggs.