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wingstone said:
just so you all know, that shovel that I use to stir the ferment is metal, you are not suppose to use metal with ferment, but I kept breaking everything else or just could not get it stirred up good, went with this shovel and it works perfect....it does not stay in the bucket, it is only used for stirring...

I also keep a small bucket beside the ferment going, it is a very strong bucket,,,has a ice cream size pail of feed in it then covered with water and stirred daily,,,,if my main bucket looks like it is losing it's ferment I will put a cup or 2 of this strong stuff in with it..

on the plus size, when you stir up as much as I do of this stuff, it makes for a good arm workout
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It probably doesn't make a difference since you don't leave it in.... but if you have to replace it go to a gander mountain or cabelas and check the pricing on wooden oars, or maybe even the plastic ones (though I'm not sure about the aluminum handles on the plastic ones holding up well). I have an old set of oars that would work quite well for stirring in the tub you have pictured.
Another option is the old paddles they used for making apple butter and such.... with either type of wooden paddles you could use a drill with a 'hole bit' and drill out some 1" holes to improve how it moves through the FF when mixing it.
 
Yesterday was not a good day. I got a call from my mom around 6am yesterday to come help bury her horse.
If you don't remember, mom got Belle through AC4H (Another Chance 4 Horses) before the FBI raided them last year. She came underweight and sick with strangles (equine strep that drains puss from lessions usually near their lymph nodes). It took us 8wks to get her over the strangles - she had 2 rounds. After that, she fattened up nice and was a normal, healthy horse during summer and fall.

During this winter, Belle was going on and off her feed and showing signs of colic. She lost a lot of weight - she was skinnier than when my mom got her. Mom was trying everything. The vet diagnosed her with stomach ulcers and mom was giving her meds for that. She seemed to start eating better and was perking up some. She went off her feed again last week. On Saturday Belle spiked a 104.1 degree fever. I told mom on Sunday that it seemed like she had strangles again. Well, the final diagnosis from the vet was b@st@rd strangles (yes, that is the official name) that burst inside her body. There was no curing them and there was no chance for survival. My mom is devastated. When mom was picking her horse to rescue from the meat processor, Belle was my first choice - she was mom's 4th choice. I am so glad she did pick Belle, even if she wasn't the healthy, long-lived companion and friend we had hoped for. Her personality was huge and filled the barn. Mom says the barn feels empty even though she still has Bandit. My mom gave her a great last year without worry of being shipped off again (she's been shipped around a lot in her short 11yrs).



 
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Belle was a pretty horse. Glad you and your mom were able to give Belle 1 year as a happy, well cared for horse.
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stake said:
Folks: Here's the new chicks...4 of 14 hatched..two are OE I hope the white dots on the heads don't mean 'boys'....though thats a trait of the CCL ..... What was interesting was that two hatched on day #22, one ond day#23 and one on day #24....my temps were set to 99.5 - 100.5 with a variance of .1C.....Humidity seemed correct but I was using s cheap HD hydrometer.....two of the chicks had a bit of egg yolk that was not fully absorbed and I needed to let them sit in the bater for an extra day .
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Congrats! :celebrate
 
stake said:
Folks:
Here's the new chicks...4 of 14 hatched..two are OE I hope the white dots on the heads don't mean 'boys'....though thats a trait of the CCL .....

What was interesting was that two hatched on day #22, one ond day#23 and one on day #24....my temps were set to 99.5 - 100.5 with a variance of .1C.....Humidity seemed correct but I was using s cheap HD hydrometer.....two of the chicks had a bit of egg yolk that was not fully absorbed and I needed to let them sit in the bater for an extra day


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Fantastic ! I bet you're very happy now. Is this your first hatch, I can't remember ?

The white spots on the head only indicate males if the mother was barred or cuckoo and the father was not. If the roo was barred or neither parent was barred, then the white dot doesn't mean anything WRT sex linking.
 

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