Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[kathyinmo]

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That reminds me, and I always forget to ask......

Is it bugger or booger? I have used both, because I don't know!

 

[cherylcohen]

Great Cheryl. Will it hold an auto turner or will you have to turn by hand?

There will be 3 or 4 auto turner trays!! excited It will be so nice not juggling 5 different bators!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Well, SCG, you are a breeder of noble repute. Hats off to you!

A couple of years ago some old timer breeder

online somewhere, I can't remember where, was going on about how we haven't completed our job of incubating until we have cracked open and checked the non-hatchers. Plus we were supposed to record the information by noting early, mid, or late death

in our hatch record. It totally made me ill.

And I couldn't figure out how to open an unhatched, but fully incubated, egg and then use my filthy hands to hold the pen and notebook. It was a mess. So I quit that really quickly and decided to be totally irresponsible when it came to that aspect of incubating.

If I'm unsure what's inside (stinky, gooey, explody mess) I put it inside a ziploc bag, seal it and then whack it with something like a knife or a small hammer and then slide the contents out into a the bag. Therefore, no mess, no smell. If it's made it to lockdown and looks like there's a chick in it, I just open it without the bag.


... and I'm in the medical profession... can't really gross me out. My mom almost died though when I brought home a sheep brain, a cow eye and a pig heart for my first anatomy course. She made me keep them outside on the porch.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

SCG, is the little guy with the eggshell stuck to his face getting warmed up and fluffed up? What a rotten day.

S/he was a shrink wrapped chick that I had to "birth" from the egg. It's warmed but probably won't fluff up for 24 to 48 hours or so cause of the nasty glue like stuff from the membrane.

 

[1muttsfan]

I carry my duds out to the mulch pile and, standing at a distance, throw them down hard on a board. Then if they are not too stinky I take a closer look.

 

[wolftracks]

There will be 3 or 4 auto turner trays!! excited It will be so nice not juggling 5 different bators!

NICE! Congrats!

Was it made from scratch or something repurposed?

 

[cherylcohen]

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NICE! Congrats!

Was it made from scratch or something repurposed?

not sure...

 

[superchemicalgirl]

My pie's done... blueberry still has some time in the oven. Would it be wrong to bring this in for Pie Day missing a piece (or half of it)?

 

[kathyinmo]

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My pie's done... blueberry still has some time in the oven. Would it be wrong to bring this in for Pie Day missing a piece (or half of it)?

Well, of course not. You should test it before taking it, I think!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Well, of course not. You should test it before taking it, I think!

Quality assurance? Checking for chick fluff?