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

[kwhites634]

Anyone familiar with the Fixme Stick virus removal plug-in. Someone on her, maybe @fire370 , recommended it a while back. It worked fine then. I don't remember exactly when I bought it, and it's only a 1 year subscription deal, so it may be out of date, but it's plugged in now, and doing nothing, as far as I can tell.
Wondering if the computer needs to be totally inactive, like while I'm in bed, to be effective. Anybody know?

 

[runt325]

Brings lots of money, 'cause I think they might be more expensive than most auctions.

-Kathy

ok anything else

 

[Sally Sunshine]

If you have oak trees nearby this can interest you.

I have plenty kids beat them with a hammer in the back yard and the chickens eat them

Quote: What? I have fever, headache ,back ache ,knees ache AND i have a language barrier so.....

I pray your ankles are ok? seriously though, feel better Benny!!

@CanadaChicken


Morning MC!

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Mornin Kat!

Quote: yummy!!!! have a good day!!!

Good morning everyone. I finally caught up, but I am almost finished with breakfast and it is time to head back outside as soon as I decide which project I don't really want to do today and get on it. Yesterday I was off and did a vet trip, blood draw, coop construction as I am linking two coops for the winter, cleaned a coop, and stained the coop and my goat plaything I built a couple of weeks ago. By the time I finished chores and caught up you were all asleep except Bennie.
I hope you all have great and productive days, and that you feel better Bennie.

Hi Dax, good luck with whatever you end up tackling!!

 

[pamperedamber]

Today is day 21. I am patiently impatiently waiting and trying not to check every 30 seconds. Everyone says like popcorn once they start hatching but it's been very slow popping with one a day. Hopefully today the rest will hatch. Trying not to open and take out the one lonely chick in the incubator.

 

[kwhites634]

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LOL don't let Sally catch a whiff of exotic wildlife! She runs with it.

is there more your not telling meabout?

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Originally Posted by Sally Sunshine

I planted different colored sweet potato vines to grow down over the deck railings and I have huge ferns hanging and a clematis that the kid took out with soccer ball. But hey I have a pretty bottle tree that is useless, and a new humingbird feeder that even the bees dont like.

I made leftover turkey casserole. Chopped turkey, California vegetable mix, stove top stuffing, stopped with a bit of gravy and baked.
Not exciting but easy.

yummmy!!!!

So looking like you've all gone to bed, but I thought I'd report back anyway....

Came home from work... (face painting if anyone would call that work?? but hey, I get paid!)
Candled and tapped remaining eggs as instructed. No movement... no cheeping...
Floated them... no movement.


All the air cells were quite small?? I think too small?? so does that mean too much humidity on days 1-18??

I am yet to do eggtopsies...got to work up the courage too.
So out of 11 fertile eggs, I have 5 chicks (one sticky, but ok) and 6 who didn't make it.

on the bright side... I WILL GET GOOD SLEEP TONIGHT BECAUSE I WONT BE WORRYING!!!

Thanks so much to all the wonderful people who gave me advice. Was much appreciated. God bless you all, you are amazing!

I wouldnt bother eggtopsy them, I can tell your humidity was too high as well as your temp too low. Calibrate and read the info I gave for next time about humidity and calibration. And you have a fan in the bator corrrect?

Hello Darlin'

 

[casportpony]

Brings lots of money, 'cause I think they might be more expensive than most auctions.


-Kathy

they are. sometimes the chickens can sell for 200+ a pop.

These shows aren't to get cheap livestock - this is where people waste money to support the kids and local farmer associations.

Dang, I just looked at some of the sale prices that someone posted for goats, sheep, and cattle!

-Kathy

 

[runt325]

ok anything else

 

[kajira]

Dang, I just looked at some of the sale prices that someone posted for goats, sheep, and cattle!

-Kathy

yeah...... exactly. I dont know how or why youd spend money here, especially on chickens.

They make you raise meat birds, that are to be butchered by 10 weeks.... so if you do buy at these auctions, you're supposed to take the birds home and butcher them. Not try to keep them for your flocks.

 

[casportpony]

Hi Sally!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hey all,

So far so good with our classroom incubation (Brinsea Mini Advance, locally-sourced Ameraucana eggs, one clear and one quitter ~day 6 so we have 5 left.) We candled yesterday early Day 18 and all 5 still looked great. We prepared for lockdown EXCEPT I forgot to turn off the automatic cooling feature

It goes off first thing in the morning so I could easily get there Monday to stop it, but it will go off on Day 18 and 19 over the weekend (we set eggs in the afternoon, so Day 18 runs Fri around 2pm-Sat around 2pm.

Do I need to freak out about this and try to get access to the school over the weekend? Or will it be ok for the eggs to cool for an hour on Day 18/19 if Monday morning I rush in and turn it off before it goes off Day 20/21?

Kind of worried here...

Nope dont be worried at all!! does that bator hold enough water to last until monday?

RE: HAM @daxigait

ever make a
Simple cider glaze? just drizzle on ham on yer plate, yums
4 tsp cornstarch
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 cup apple cider
2 tsp spicy mustard




I want to make this.... I have link saved

Spanish Tortilla with Ham

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, peeled and sliced
• 12 oz Smithfield Anytime Favorites Hickory Smoked Sliced Ham, cut into thin strips
• 8 eggs
• chopped parsley

• 1 pound Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 jalapeños, seeds and veins removed, thinly sliced or diced
• salt and pepper to taste
• crumbled queso fresco

http://www.smithfield.com/meal-ideas/how-about-ham/spanish-tortilla-with-ham/