Incubators Anonymous

[gimmie birdies]

the lady who tried the bra incubator didn't have heat to the outside of her bra- and the eggs didn't get warm enough- maybe heat packets to the outside would help.

 

[Penny Hen]

the lady who tried the bra incubator didn't have heat to the outside of her bra- and the eggs didn't get warm enough- maybe heat packets to the outside would help.

Need a wool sweater maybe?

 

[ozexpat]

the human body is 98.6 internally

 

[gimmie birdies]

wool sweater would not help.

 

[Penny Hen]

wool sweater would not help.

Sorry forgot to put an emoticon to let you know that was tongue-in-cheek.

 

[Penny Hen]

the human body is 98.6 internally

In the mouth and in the extreamities. At the core in the trunk temperatures can reach 120˚ for certain key chemicals to be able to combine. Even then it needs iron as a catalyst. Otherwise it would take temperatures of 400˚ to make certain vital chemical reactions happen. I learned over the years that anytime my health took a dip to look to my iron content first. Without enough iron the body can't mount a proper defense against invaders. Quick way to know if your iron is too low: If your blood is the color of rubies, increase your iron intake (or if that is fine increase your copper to be able to absorb the iron). If your blood it the color of deep red garnets then you have enough iron. If you bleed chocolate like my aunt does then you are more than fine.

 

[ozexpat]

In the mouth and in the extreamities. At the core in the trunk temperatures can reach 120˚ for certain key chemicals to be able to combine. Even then it needs iron as a catalyst. Otherwise it would take temperatures of 400˚ to make certain vital chemical reactions happen. I learned over the years that anytime my health took a dip to look to my iron content first. Without enough iron the body can't mount a proper defense against invaders. Quick way to know if your iron is too low: If your blood is the color of rubies, increase your iron intake (or if that is fine increase your copper to be able to absorb the iron). If your blood it the color of deep red garnets then you have enough iron. If you bleed chocolate like my aunt does then you are more than fine.

I spend my days sticking wires and tubed into humans. I have yet to hit a hot spot.

Although I continue to learn, I was always taught blood color was primarily determined by oxygen content.

 

[Penny Hen]

I spend my days sticking wires and tubed into humans. I have yet to hit a hot spot.

Although I continue to learn, I was always taught blood color was primarily determined by oxygen content.

Yes that does have an effect on the color i.e. blood from the lung will be much brighter colored than blood from the fingers. I am talking about blood being drawn from the finger or elbow joint. Being an artist I pay close attention to colors. My aunt who bleeds chocolate syrup absorbs iron so easily that she cannot wear a stainless steel wrist watch next to her skin. Within 6 weeks she will dissolve the back out of it and the gears will grind to a halt. I have seen her do this to more than 8 watches. I have been borderline anemic most of my life. Most of my life my blood has been the color of rubies (drawn from the finger or arm). About 10 years ago I went to give blood at the Red Cross. I was told my iron was too low. It was the usual color of rubies. So I started taking iron supplements so when they came back in 6 months I would be able to donate blood. That time I had enough iron and that was when I noticed that my blood was darker now, the color of deep red garnets. I have since experimented going on and off of iron supplements and watching the color of my blood. Every time I am on iron my blood darkens. Every time I abstain my blood lightens. The color was what first made me notice and makes a decent rule of thumb when you don't have the diagnostics tools to measure the iron content exactly. Someone else may have a different color range than I. My aunt has enough iron to make her blood look just like chocolate syrup. It has always looked like that even when she was in her twenties. It used to fascinate me as a kid because it was brown and not red.

 

[theresam22]

Thanks for the welcomes!

Just had to share today was Christmas in January. Don't be too jealous, but I got 36 eggs in the mail! Including my long lost silkie eggs that showed up out of nowhere! Who knows where they spent the week, and they're not telling. They may be a bit old by now but I'm going to try and set them anyway. I don't care if they hatch with little gray beards and hair growing out of their ears...They look perfect, not frozen and all have perfect air sacs. Unlike the ones that came yesterday with a heat pack. Those were a gigantic mess. All the other eggs have been fine even coming from areas having arctic blasts and then having a three hour drive in postal trucks driving to my post office with temperatures around 12 degrees.

Anyone have experience with shipped eggs and heat packs? Or having egg freeze in transit?

Has anyone else noticed the post office tracking is completely worthless about 80% of the time?

Interesting about the copper helping with iron absorption. Going to have to try that for myself. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

The Genesis I just got will be filled soon

will have 2 gators going