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

[BlackwoodHollow]

I have that one, and don't always trust it. I follow up with 2 or 3 others: Mercury bulb, indoor/outdoor easy to read bulb, and a digital oral medical. I also move them around in the bator every day. OCD? Perhaps, but I have good hatches.

We have three, too. And we do all that. lol One of them is an analog meat thermometer. It started as just the back-up to check-up, but I think it's the most reliable of the three. lol

Where did you find a mercury bulb?

Me three!

Me6 or 7! I just wander out there at odd intervals to chill with them. lol Especially since we got these chicks. Then it's back inside to stare at the aigs.

I just can't even. . . Those are so cute!

Most satisfying shot ever. No boot. Swooped in low and landed beside the pen. Burst of hay, and a face plant into the dirt. Fabio was watching

Now that's gangsta.

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(Why isn't there a facepalm emoticon?)

Cuckle Merkins...

We seriously need one.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

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That ummm.... doesn't sound.... right....

I can't believe you went there.

 

[scflock]

This is where the uninvited guest got in. Been wide open for three years and never had an attack. Once he found it, he came back every day. I don't like mulching hay, so I'm doing my best to keep the hay out of the pen

 

[scflock]

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That ummm.... doesn't sound.... right....

 

[Ravynscroft]

I can't believe you went there.

Wait... how am I getting the blame for a hole SC dug and FridayYet fell into???

 

[Ravynscroft]

This is where the uninvited guest got in. Been wide open for three years and never had an attack. Once he found it, he came back every day. I don't like mulching hay, so I'm doing my best to keep the hay out of the pen

Smart SOB... don't like mulching hay either, but when it gets rank that crap needs to be turned over...

 

[FridayYet]

I can't believe you went there.

I can

Wait... how am I getting the blame for a hole SC dug and FridayYet fell into???

ROFLMAO

 

[frmboyinthecity]

Celebrate away!  It's a time for joy.

The lady at the swap kept saying "Marins" - like in Marinade. took me a bit to realize she meant Marans.  

There were some amazing silver birchen game birds at the swap.  So beautiful with super long legs and ostrich necks. DH refused to buy me a trio though.   Gorgeous little dinosaurs.  He was the same guy with the Swedish Crested ducks and had the best stock there.

[COLOR=333333]Along with the Barred Easteranins [/COLOR]I also bought some chokecherry jam, because I've never tried it before. 

Stopped on the way out of town for breakfast burritos and the chile roasters were going full force outside.  Nothing better than the smell of fresh green chilies roasting!

I love chokecherry jam and chokecherry syrup. I grew up with it but I think at times it can be a bit of an acquired taste. Hope you enjoy it!

The turkeys are rare? I dodge 5 flocks of them every day leaving work.
The bale shredder was a Mossberg 20 youth model. I mulched the bale, but Mrs. Flock loves the new varmint gun

Glad to hear you went with the youth model! My wife won't shoot my shotgun because it's too long. She does a lot better with a youth model, and I think Mrs. Flock will as well.

 

[FridayYet]

I do hope that those Americanas were not Am roo over cuckoo marins. If so, I'm betting you were duped and are now the proud owner of a bunch of male Black sex linked Amerans.

You could be right, but at this point I don't really care.

Solo was living in a box in the back room and would freak out whenever I put her in the playpen in the run. She really needs to learn how to be a chicken and have pals to hide with when it's time to integrate with the big flock. I only bought 2.

Once she's in with the crowd, I can always take them back to the swap and sell them cheap if they end up being cockerels. (Or, as previously mentioned, I can marinade them!)

Solo with her new friends:


Better pic of the light one (Frick)



And the more gold one (Frack)

 

[lazy gardener]

GA: Mercury bulb thermometer left over from the days of raising babies... 30++ years ago. Just for grins and giggles, I did a google search, and they are still available... if you want to shell out $35 or so for one. They are accurate... but the down side is that you have to shake the mercury down every time you want to use it, the up side is that they will over time, give you an indication of what your highest temp has been in that one spot. I like the oral digital thermometers, and drop one through my vent hole. If you mount it on a light ga. wire, you can then move it around to get readings throughout the incubator. The down side of them is that they have a short on time, so by the time your bator gets back up to temp after opening (if you need to do so to put one in), you won't get an accurate reading. Then, there's the more expensive (too much money for my budget) forehead thermometers that are designed to take a temp reading from the skin. Those would be great for doing an egg surface reading. IMO, medical thermometers SHOULD be most accurate, as they are depended on for accuracy when treating illness. Most are guaranteed at +/- .2* accuracy.