She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[AmyLynn2374]

Thanks for the tip, I've been keeping that in mind. This thing is so sensitive to water, like last time I put a few tablespoons of water and it shot to 70%, so it makes me CRINGE to think of filling the water channels. Lesson learned, I suppose.

Luckily our school systems here are excellent. My husband is a product of the schools my kids will go to, and he turned out ok I suppose

I went to the school system my son would be in and the thought of that makes me cringe....lol


Nice thing about the sponge if it goes to high (which I haven't had happen) you can just pull the sponge back out and cut it down until you get a size that works.

 

[MunsterChicks]

I went to the school system my son would be in and the  thought of that makes me cringe....lol


Nice thing about the sponge if it goes to high (which I haven't had happen) you can just pull the sponge back out and cut it down until you get a size that works.

Yeah out here it's just nice kids who grew up on farms, or in the woods. They don't have a ton of kids, but it's quiet, and we always joked that the good boys came from around here LOL.

Yeah that's what I love about the sponge thing. I hope I don't need to add water until lockdown, but even at lockdown I'm going to go with the sponge.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

We have completed 9 days of incubation. I love seeing the littles moving in the egg. I am surprising myself on this go round with the ability to not candle the others. Actually some days I barely think about the fact I don't know what's going on in there!!!!
Since my development chart states that chicks turn toward the fat end of the egg on (about) day 14 and the "experts" say it isn't necessary to turn after day 14, I have decided to stop turning the non candling eggs on day 14. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to me that if they are trying to turn around day 14 they'd probably be better off not getting moved around. Since I will continue to candle the others up to lockdown, they'll be getting turned anyway. Anyway, here are my day 9 candles:

 

[chicapee]

Well, I decided to build a cooler bator as I have pretty much every thing laying around the house. Just had to buy a digital thermostat with a probe from amazon about $14. It's probably a good idea to have a back up. Thanks all for the advice.

 

[BYC910]

Well, I decided to build a cooler bator as I have pretty much every thing laying around the house. Just had to buy a digital thermostat with a probe from amazon about $14. It's probably a good idea to have a back up. Thanks all for the advice.

dose it look like this if it does the wiring is a little confusing

 

[MunsterChicks]

We have completed 9 days of incubation. I love seeing the littles moving in the egg. I am surprising myself on this go round with the ability to not candle the others. Actually some days I barely think about the fact I don't know what's going on in there!!!! Since my development chart states that chicks turn toward the fat end of the egg on (about) day 14 and the "experts" say it isn't necessary to turn after day 14, I have decided to stop turning the non candling eggs on day 14. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to me that if they are trying to turn around day 14 they'd probably be better off not getting moved around. Since I will continue to candle the others up to lockdown, they'll be getting turned anyway. Anyway, here are my day 9 candles:

Nice! I'm trying not to candle until day 7, which shouldn't be super hard LOL. But that's when I'll ark the air cells. I've read not to turn after day 14, but then some say to turn to 18. So many different ways to do things!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Nice! I'm trying not to candle until day 7, which shouldn't be super hard LOL. But that's when I'll ark the air cells.

I've read not to turn after day 14, but then some say to turn to 18. So many different ways to do things!

They say it's not neccessary to turn after day 14, but generally most people don't stop until lockdown. I've always turned up until lockdown. This time the eggs that I am only candling days 7/14/18, I will not turn on day 14. I'll candle and mark air cells and then leave them until the day 18 candle. The others basically will be turned just from the candling process.

 

[chicapee]

dose it look like this if it does the wiring is a little confusing

it is similar. I think it's called a lerway.

 

[Fowling around]

You need to.

There is nothing better than fishing the flats, except maybe catching tuna or sailfish out in deep water.  If I lived on the flats I would never go hungry, there are so many delicious and wonderful sportfishing things to eat in the sea.

I've been fishing for reds and landed flounder, fishing for sea trout and caught wahoo, catching some small Lane and Mangrove snappers just by pure happenstance, and just plain fishing for sea trout and catching them by the dozens (not a lot of keepers, but a whole lot of fun to reel in over 100 sea trout in a night).  I like the fight when catching pompano, though I don't like losing all that tackle, and nothing better than throwing some chicken necks in a crab trap while fishing and hauling in some legal blue crabs to round out dinner.

Oh, and casting my shrimp net and netting up both dinner AND bait in the same throw...can't beat it!

I hunt, too, but the diversity of salt water fishing is so much more fun.

Nothing like hunting and fishing. Keeps you close to God and nature. I live in eastern nc and can be looking at the sand in less than an hour. I go deep sea fishing a lot and enjoy that as well. Love waking the kids up a couple hours before day they will be all slept and not wanting to move until I say lets go fishing the. They are in the truck ready to roll in 5. I am a nurse so I only have to work 3 days a week gives me plenty of time for extracurricular activities.

 

[Fowling around]

Finally caught back up. Exhausting keeping up with yall but it is a barrel of laughs or monkeys probably both.