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Quote: Spoken like an IA memberBut you still need to regulate the temps. Can you get a new thermostat?![]()
DON'T you feed those SBEL to snakes!Well I still have the borrowed Sportsman. I borrowed it when an ebay shipment of eggs came in 2 wks early and I didn't have room, I was already going to be stacking. I figured since it is here I should put it to good use. Besides I needed to replace all the eggs that were in there during the storm/power outage. So I ordered replacement eggs, they are all in there. I am waiting on a variety shipment, and I am supposed to be finished for the year. But I noticed that a couple of my EE are laying a very nice BLUE egg, so I collected them and put 9 in the bator today, I added 6 nice large eggs from the free ranging flock, I always need nice large egg layers. But I have not ordered anything new
A friend called and asked if I had a couple of extra roos, in various sizes. She wants them for snake food, I have several older 3-5 mo olds but she said she needed smaller ones too, like as soon as I can tell they are roos and I don't need them. I looked in the brooder and I cant seem to tell if there are any SBEL roos, they all look the same to me. The 2 black BLRW are looking like roos and I already have a nice blue roo, I need pullets!
I may need to find some and try again![]()
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Sorry the LG isn't working out for you. I use it as a hatcher, because my homemade holds so many eggs. I've had good hatches from both my LG and my homemade.I am giving up on the Little Giant incubators. My first batch - not one hatched. Second batch - the darn incubator keeps spiking temps off and on. I gave up and ordered a Brinsea Octagon 20 ex yesterday. I'm so disappointed.
that might be debatable... it cost almost $90 to have a trio of bantam cochins shipped almost as far... dorkings being heavier than cochins, and larger, would need bigger box(es) and the shipping would be more. overall, for more than 1 or 2 birds, a drive would be more cost efficient. even in my gas guzzling dodge 1500 (v8), at 15mpg highway, that's about $60 for 300 miles (just filled it up, so i know. LOL)With gas prices, might be easier to ship.
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put them in the LG at lockdown. if i have overlapping hatches, i will vary the day i put eggs in the hatcher, 2-4 days prior to hatch, rather than the standard 3 days. and if some are hatching when others go lockdown then i'll put them in when i take chicks out, to minimize the time it's openned.You mean on hatching day, just move them to the Little Giant? Or how would you do it?
Quote: If she dips down in to Nashville she can get gas for $3.11 a gall.... maybe cheaper. My car gets nearly 500 miles to a tank of 18 gal. Fill up before you go and on your way back at the cheapest gas and you have saved even more...... It only cost about $60 to fill up AND you would have gas left.... maybe only $40 in my car.
What every happened to the chicken, egg train idea we had a LONG time ago? ..... I digress..... she wants eggs NOT chickens
Quote: If she dips down in to Nashville she can get gas for $3.11 a gall.... maybe cheaper. My car gets nearly 500 miles to a tank of 18 gal. Fill up before you go and on your way back at the cheapest gas and you have saved even more...... It only cost about $60 to fill up AND you would have gas left.... maybe only $40 in my car.
What every happened to the chicken, egg train idea we had a LONG time ago? ..... I digress..... she wants eggs NOT chickens
YEs, but if she;s picking up eggs, she might as well get a trio while she's there. Better use of gas money . . .. right?