Kat’s Journey into Chicken Keeping

[rjohns39]

My humidity is close to 60.
How do I control the humidity? The directions I got weren’t precisely clear on that.
And from what I am reading, Muscovy ducks go 33 to 35 days. How will I accommodate for that?
I am reading all the information I can find. I just run into these small questions.

First, make sure you've calibrated your hygrometer. your humidity may be driven by the amount of water in the system. Play with it to see what it does.

Are all of the eggs muscovy? If so then just adjust your target lockdown date. If mixed, then lockdown for the earliest to hatch and go full term for muscovy plus 3 days.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

First, make sure you've calibrated your hygrometer. your humidity may be driven by the amount of water in the system. Play with it to see what it does.

Are all of the eggs muscovy? If so then just adjust your target lockdown date. If mixed, then lockdown for the earliest to hatch and go full term for muscovy plus 3 days.

They are all Muscovy.
From what I gather, this incubator does regulate humidity by the amount of water. Because the directions are saying at the end, when I need more humidity, the directions say to add more water. (There is a second water reservoir).

 

[rjohns39]

They are all Muscovy.
From what I gather, this incubator does regulate humidity by the amount of water. Because the directions are saying at the end, when I need more humidity, the directions say to add more water. (There is a second water reservoir).

Then target your lockdown for day 30. Remember to start counting the day after you set the eggs. You have time on your side right now, so play with it a bit to get you between 40 & 45%

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Then target your lockdown for day 30. Remember to start counting the day after you set the eggs. You have time on your side right now, so play with it a bit to get you between 40 & 45%

 

[BY Bob]

Good morning folks

I've been buying my canning supplies from Amazon.

Kat, just 28 days to go. When I incubate ducks and turkeys I set the temp to 99.8 and humidity at 45.

When it's time it will be nerve wracking. Ducks can take 24 hours from internal to external pip and then another 24-48 to zip and get out of the shell.

Wow! That is a long time. I did not know that.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

So.....why did the chicken cross the road?

MOSES: And God came down from the Heavens, and He said unto the Chicken, "Thou shalt cross the road!" And the chicken crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing.

AGENT MULDER: You saw it cross the road with your own eyes. How many more chickens have to cross the road before you believe it?

RICHARD M. NIXON: The chicken did not cross the road. I repeat, the chicken did NOT cross the road.

JERRY SEINFELD: Why does anyone cross a road? I mean, why doesn't anyone ever think to ask, "What the heck was this chicken doing walking around all over the place, anyway?"

FREUD: The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

BILL GATES: I have just released the new Chicken Office 2000, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook.

OLIVER STONE: The question is not, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Rather, it is, "Who was crossing the road at the same time, whom we overlooked in our haste to observe the chicken crossing?"

DARWIN: Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically dispositioned to cross roads.

LOUIS FARRAKHAN: The road, you will see, represents the black man. The chicken 'crossed' the black man in order to trample him and keep him down.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

GRANDPA: In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken had crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

MACHIAVELLI: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The end of crossing the road justifies whatever motive there was.

EINSTEIN: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.

BUDDHA: Asking this questions denies your own chicken nature.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON: The chicken did not cross the road; it transcended it.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die. In the rain.

COLONEL SANDERS: I missed one?

(chicken tax)

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning Kat Have a great Sunday

 

[BY Bob]

So.....why did the chicken cross the road?

MOSES: And God came down from the Heavens, and He said unto the Chicken, "Thou shalt cross the road!" And the chicken crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing.

AGENT MULDER: You saw it cross the road with your own eyes. How many more chickens have to cross the road before you believe it?

RICHARD M. NIXON: The chicken did not cross the road. I repeat, the chicken did NOT cross the road.

JERRY SEINFELD: Why does anyone cross a road? I mean, why doesn't anyone ever think to ask, "What the heck was this chicken doing walking around all over the place, anyway?"

FREUD: The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

BILL GATES: I have just released the new Chicken Office 2000, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook.

OLIVER STONE: The question is not, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Rather, it is, "Who was crossing the road at the same time, whom we overlooked in our haste to observe the chicken crossing?"

DARWIN: Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically dispositioned to cross roads.

LOUIS FARRAKHAN: The road, you will see, represents the black man. The chicken 'crossed' the black man in order to trample him and keep him down.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

GRANDPA: In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken had crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

MACHIAVELLI: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The end of crossing the road justifies whatever motive there was.

EINSTEIN: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.

BUDDHA: Asking this questions denies your own chicken nature.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON: The chicken did not cross the road; it transcended it.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die. In the rain.

COLONEL SANDERS: I missed one?

(chicken tax)
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This was just too much fun. I love it. Still giggling. For some reason, Hemingway just speaks to me. That is so him!

 

[cavemanrich]

Need to add to list,,

CAVEMANRICH; Why did the chicken cross the road,,,,,,, to show the raccoon that it can be done.

I know that it is a lil sad.

 

[drstratton]

So.....why did the chicken cross the road?

MOSES: And God came down from the Heavens, and He said unto the Chicken, "Thou shalt cross the road!" And the chicken crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing.

AGENT MULDER: You saw it cross the road with your own eyes. How many more chickens have to cross the road before you believe it?

RICHARD M. NIXON: The chicken did not cross the road. I repeat, the chicken did NOT cross the road.

JERRY SEINFELD: Why does anyone cross a road? I mean, why doesn't anyone ever think to ask, "What the heck was this chicken doing walking around all over the place, anyway?"

FREUD: The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

BILL GATES: I have just released the new Chicken Office 2000, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook.

OLIVER STONE: The question is not, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Rather, it is, "Who was crossing the road at the same time, whom we overlooked in our haste to observe the chicken crossing?"

DARWIN: Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically dispositioned to cross roads.

LOUIS FARRAKHAN: The road, you will see, represents the black man. The chicken 'crossed' the black man in order to trample him and keep him down.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

GRANDPA: In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken had crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

MACHIAVELLI: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The end of crossing the road justifies whatever motive there was.

EINSTEIN: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.

BUDDHA: Asking this questions denies your own chicken nature.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON: The chicken did not cross the road; it transcended it.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die. In the rain.

COLONEL SANDERS: I missed one?

(chicken tax)
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Oh Kat...this was too funny...