Kiki's Tea Party. Game Over

[Conan]

Well, my tech theatre background raised it's head and was thinking that a near neon blue accent would really work well with that dye job. Maybe a very light touch of a seafoam like trim here and there too.....

I'm pretty into super faded, pastel colors. The trashier, the better, though I'm not opposed to color melts.

 

[electrycmonk]

I think that the full phrase (according to my Japanese for Dummies book, at least) it's "O genki desu ka?" which, for those who do not speak any Japanese, translates to something along the lines of, "How are you doing?" Though, according to, again, my Japanese for Dummies book, it is a serious inquiry about a person's health, and using it to greet a someone you just saw the day before is improper -- it's more of a phrase to use when you haven't seen them in a long time.
... I'm pretty sure, at least.

It's funny that in my textbooks it was used as a formal "hows the weather" kinda greeting. And while I was in college and had several IELI (intensive English language institute) student who happened to also be Japanese they mostly agreed with the textbook once they, themselves had enough English under their belts to "know" the usage. So (shrugs) there ya have it. Perspectives can be funny all to often eh?

 

[Conan]

Uber g33kie questions:
Are you wearing contacts?
What's with the dark outter Halo on the left eyeballs color zone? It's very cool.

Surprisingly the dye makes your eyes almost glow too.

I do wear contacts, yes. Just clear ones.

 

[Kiki]

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The chicks are now about -17.8 days old and doing well.

I'm going to hold off a little while before I start asking why they aren't pipping yet. But I'll keep watching intently in case one decides to come early...

Your fan... I do not use an incubator with a fan so I do not know fan things...is it blowing right on the eggs underneath it? This has got me a little bit worried.

 

[electrycmonk]

Oop -- double post, monk.

Yeah. I just tried to delete it. The mobile browsers been vErY wonky this MONTH plus.

 

[Conan]

The site trips on me every night. Weird shit saying oops all over the place. Mobile only.

 

[electrycmonk]

I'm pretty into super faded, pastel colors. The trashier, the better, though I'm not opposed to color melts.

Yeah, 'color melt' is another way to "word Smyth" what I was going towards... Think water color fade?

 

[SailingAgape]

I was just trying to ask you if you've ever had anything before... But my internet was tripping again.



What happened with your last batch?

I mounted the controller through the sidewall. so during lockdown, it built up a lot of condensation in the controller and it started tripping the heat element off and on and ran the temp up to 110.

THEN, I moved the eggs without knowing to pay attention to orientation to a cheapo incubator that wouldn't come up to temp (I had to put a space heater on the incubator to help it) while I took apart the controller and dried it out.

THEN, I put the DIY back together and moved the eggs back without paying attention to orientation again. And suddenly had a 80% humidity I couldn't burn off.

THEN, The next morning, the incubator was completely dry (30%) and chicks were pipping...

It was a Murphy's law hatch.. I went 2/27 and I don't want to publish that on your hatch counter!

 

[SailingAgape]

Your fan... I do not use an incubator with a fan so I do not know fan things...is it blowing right on the eggs underneath it? This has got me a little bit worried.

Nope. It's blowing upwards and being deflected downwards by the lip at the edges of the window.

 

[Kiki]

I mounted the controller through the sidewall. so during lockdown, it built up a lot of condensation in the controller and it started tripping the heat element off and on and ran the temp up to 110.

THEN, I moved the eggs without knowing to pay attention to orientation to a cheapo incubator that wouldn't come up to temp (I had to put a space heater on the incubator to help it) while I took apart the controller and dried it out.

THEN, I put the DIY back together and moved the eggs back without paying attention to orientation again. And suddenly had a 80% humidity I couldn't burn off.

THEN, The next morning, the incubator was completely dry (30%) and chicks were pipping...

It was a Murphy's law hatch.. I went 2/27 and I don't want to publish that on your hatch counter!

110... You microwaved them.

Dry is better than too wet.
I run my incubator dry and I hatch pretty dry too... so I know it works.