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[SallyinIndiana]

Anyone have recommendations on where to get some plastic tubing. Our basement is very dry right now and for lockdown I need to increase my humidity bu adding water trough one of the vent holes down passed all the turning eggs and into a sponge filled bowl.

 

[ChickCrazed]

Anyone have recommendations on where to get some plastic tubing. Our basement is very dry right now and for lockdown I need to increase my humidity bu adding water trough one of the vent holes down passed all the turning eggs and into a sponge filled bowl.

What about water line (like for a fridge or icemaker). It is not super thick, meant for water and I would think it would be cheap.

 

[bradselig]

Anyone have recommendations on where to get some plastic tubing.  Our basement is very dry right now and for lockdown I need to increase my humidity bu adding water trough one of the vent holes down passed all the turning eggs and into a sponge filled bowl.

I use 1/8" ID/ 1/4" OD vinyl tubing. it fits snuggly on the end of a syringe. I use a 60cc syringe. The tubing stays in the lid and I just connect/disconnect the syringe when I'm done adding water.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Does anybody know what I could use to clean a heat plate and clean any bacteria? Looking for something I likely have around the house or can pick up from the store. Really don't want to order anything online, so oxine is out of the question.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Well, days like today make me hopeful it might eventually warm up for the season! How many days until spring now?

I'm looking forward to planting and building and fixing things up!!

It's nice enough that the duckies got to go outside to swim. That made them super happy! Malcolm barely hit the water before he was splashing around and diving to the bottom and making all sorts of noise! Oh, helpful hint: don't watch ducks splash in a pool with your mouth open.

And, even with the snow melting, the coop addition isn't flooding!

I must have done something right!

There's still snow on the ground, though, so the girls are not happy anyway--no free range.


I decided to take old Cubby out to stretch her wings and to make sure no one was forgetting her. She waltzed right on into the chicken yard like nobody's business, didn't even turn a head as she did, and went right to chickeny things! Unfortunately, after an hour or so, so started acting off again, so I went ahead and brought her back in. She's not looking well, guys. I'm not sure if she's going to make it to her 10th birthday in a few months.

At least for now, she's not totally isolated. Since I don't need the heated bucket plugged in, the baby monitor's back on. She's been talking to the chicken voices from the coop since she came back in.

Pipd I hope for her. Some of my girls getting older now is getting so real here too. No where near Cubby's age! Goodness treat her like a queen. I can imagine how you feel

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That would be great too.
And Chick Crazed your bellie chicks or even eggs are extremely tempting. I just thought I let you know I keep wanting them. I am really liking the auto sexing and sweet temperament. My holdups right now are spacing for another breed and the bellies similarities to legbar chicks. In order to keep chicks distinguished I would need a separate hatcher or have to set one breed at a time. Ohh and then the is the Rhodebar breed that I'm also looking into. Chick math and Turkey math and duck math they birds all look so good. Then there is the geese I dream of having too. I just need to try out a new breed each year and eliminate the one I like the least. But that is the problem so far I like almost every breed I have tried with the intent of breeding it. The ONLY breed I actually hatched out for a bit and did not like was the hatchery RIR.
My fav is still my LO by far. setting another 10 eggs tomorrow.

Quote: I love the splash in any breed! Just a fantastic surprise of colors

 

[Leahs Mom]

I decided to take old Cubby out to stretch her wings and to make sure no one was forgetting her. She waltzed right on into the chicken yard like nobody's business, didn't even turn a head as she did, and went right to chickeny things! Unfortunately, after an hour or so, so started acting off again, so I went ahead and brought her back in. She's not looking well, guys. I'm not sure if she's going to make it to her 10th birthday in a few months.

At least for now, she's not totally isolated. Since I don't need the heated bucket plugged in, the baby monitor's back on. She's been talking to the chicken voices from the coop since she came back in.

Curious...how well is she eating and drinking at her age?

 

[hoosiercheetah]

Happy Birthday Me! This is OT but I thought I should share what I put on my FB status for today:

I'm 39 today. Here's what I know, based on the experience of those years. God is real and He loves you; the proof is everywhere. If you don't see it, it's because you don't want to, not because it isn't there. Jesus died for your sin, so that you can go back to God. It's the only way any part of life makes any sense. If you trust God while you're alive, your life will be better. The more you learn to trust God, the better it gets. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, and I'll do my best to answer.

In chicken-related news, I forgot to collect eggs last night, so I'm off to see if any of them survived the overnight temps.

Ciao, friends!

 

[kittydoc]

Does anybody know what I could use to clean a heat plate and clean any bacteria? Looking for something I likely have around the house or can pick up from the store. Really don't want to order anything online, so oxine is out of the question.

You could use a lot of things, depending on the material your heat plate is made of. If it is metal, I would recommend using something like Lysol Direct spray (not regular Lysol, either spray or plain bottled cleaner!). If you leave it on the surface for 5 minutes before you wipe it off, 99.99% of everything will be dead.

If the surface is glass or ceramic, either Lysol Direct or 5-10% bleach solution (by volume) will work very well--same thing, leave it on a few minutes before you wipe it off. I would not use bleach on metal except stainless steel, and then sparingly. It will eat up most other metal surfaces if used frequently.

Come to think of it, Lysol Direct might go by another name now--Lysol Direct Multi Purpose Cleaner maybe? The main active ingredient is about a billion letters long and starts with "Alkyd."

If you'd rather use something more natural, you could use Method Anti-Bac. Its active ingredient is citric acid. However, I would not trust it for something that really needs to be immaculately bacteria-free. I use that more to clean up every day kitchen messes.

Just make sure your electric cord is secured in a plastic bag or plastic wrap. If a little the disinfectant gets on the cord, just wipe it off right away, shouldn't be any problem as long as the cord is in good shape. In fact, you could use the Lysol Direct to wipe down the cord, too, if you wanted to. I used it all the time when I used to raise purebred cats and needed to thoroughly clean anything from a carrier to a birthing cage. The only reason I prefer it to bleach is because I invariably get bleach on myself and ruin clothes or something else.

Hope this helps!

 

[kittydoc]

@pipdzipdnreadytogo I'm pulling for Cubby to make it to her birthday!

My favorite hen Lillian is about to turn 5, but she has slowed down a lot already. I need to do a thorough exam on her. She was still laying as of a couple of months ago, but she's losing condition even though she isn't very active. I do see her out and about on the nicer days, but when it's cold, she snuggles into a nest box and stays put most of the day. She is also doing a partial molt at a very poor time of year! I hope she doesn't molt out more.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

You could use a lot of things, depending on the material your heat plate is made of.  If it is metal, I would recommend using something like Lysol Direct spray (not regular Lysol, either spray or plain bottled cleaner!).  If you leave it on the surface for 5 minutes before you wipe it off, 99.99% of everything will be dead.  

If the surface is glass or ceramic, either Lysol Direct or 5-10% bleach solution (by volume) will work very well--same thing, leave it on a few minutes before you wipe it off.  I would not use bleach on metal except stainless steel, and then sparingly.  It will eat up most other metal surfaces if used frequently.

Come to think of it, Lysol Direct might go by another name now--Lysol Direct Multi Purpose Cleaner maybe?  The main active ingredient is about a billion letters long and starts with "Alkyd."

If you'd rather use something more natural, you could use Method Anti-Bac.  Its active ingredient is citric acid.  However, I would not trust it for something that really needs to be immaculately bacteria-free.  I use that more to clean up every day kitchen messes.

Just make sure your electric cord is secured in a plastic bag or plastic wrap.  If a little the disinfectant gets on the cord, just wipe it off right away, shouldn't be any problem as long as the cord is in good shape.  In fact, you could use the Lysol Direct to wipe down the cord, too, if you wanted to.  I used it all the time when I used to raise purebred cats and needed to thoroughly clean anything from a carrier to a birthing cage.  The only reason I prefer it to bleach is because I invariably get bleach on myself and ruin clothes or something else.

Hope this helps!

Thank you, this was a great help! I believe it is plastic on the outside on top. So the Lysol, sounds like it would perfectly. I don't like using bleach either, I am really not even suppose to (asthma). I just stored my heat plate and want to make sure it get it germ free, Incase any particles from a diseases chicken got on it (there was only ver one and I cleaned, but I want to be safe before I use it again).