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lazy gardener said:
Hoping we get the egg shipathon off the ground in the spring.  It would be an awesome way to increase flock genetics, as well as for those of us without shipping/or hatching shipped egg experience to gain that experience.

Jiffy pop was a rare treat when I was growing up.  We were more apt to cook it on the stove top in a heavy pan with a bit of oil.  Then, we got real fancy when I was a teen and bought one of those new fangled air poppers!  Popcorn became an almost nightly occurance then.

Sadly, Rayvn... that day is practically upon us, as far as the use of an oven for anything other than heating up or cooking pre-packaged foods.  Many young men/women have no idea how to prepare a meal from fresh ingredients now.

Interesting.  Can you repeat the info re: lethal gene with that breed, and where it's carried?  Is it related to rumplessness, or tufting?

SC:  With that hay bale's MO, too bad you couldn't rig a trap on the roof of your coop for him.  Perhaps put a cockrel in a pen adjacent to a live trap, so he'd have to enter the live trap to "get to" the cockrel.  I do wish you the best of luck.  Either way, hope you are able to eliminate that hay bale.  I hear they make excellent fertilizer.

Welcome to BYC Megan.  You've come to a good thread with lots of combined hatching experience.  I have several suggestions for you.  First, go to the learning center, and read everything listed in the Hatching 101 section.  There may be several other articles pertaining to hatching as well.  Then:  no matter how good your thermometer/hygrometer are, calibrate them.  Do the salt test with the hygrometer.  Lots of folks recommend the ice water test with the thermometer.  But, I recommend buying a good medical grade oral digital thermometer and using that to calibrate your incubator thermometer to 100 degrees in a cup of water.  If you want to upgrade your bator with a fan, you can cheaply do so with a 12 volt converter, and a computer fan, plus a few bits and pieces of hardware to mount it.  How many eggs will that bator hold?  You might want to get a few local eggs to add to the shipped ones, so you'll have a comparison between the two groups for your first hatch.  (and be more likely to have a successful hatch.)  And finally, for brooding your many chicks, I recommend that you read the Mama Heating Pad Brooder thread started by Blooie.  She has also written an article detailing the process and experience.  Those of us who have brooded with a Sunbeam XPress heating pad swear that we'll never brood with a heating pad again.

So sorry Ruby.  Gonna try again before cold weather?  You still have time.

Welcome CG.  Some of us MERICANS don't do Monty either.  You have a varied flock!  Green sounds like a good descriptor for broody hatch.

Guess I'm not red neck enough to know what hawk boots are.  Please enlighten?????  Love it when they explode out of the eggs.  Would have liked to see that one.  
Elementary school pic!  :old :lau   That's me!

If she recommends that, it'd be worth a shot.
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Hawk boots are the live trap you were referring to, or something similar. I hope they are uncomfortable
 
I have to go back and catch up but I have a quick question.

What is the best kind of thermometer for the incubator? I'm so tired of dealing with bad thermometers and I'm ready to invest in a good one.

BGB Spot Check from Brinsea?
 
sideWing said:
I have to go back and catch up but I have a quick question. 

What is the best kind of thermometer for the incubator? I'm so tired of dealing with bad thermometers and I'm ready to invest in a good one.

BGB Spot Check from Brinsea?
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Spot Check is a great thermometer, but no hygrometer
 
sideWing said:
I have to go back and catch up but I have a quick question. 

What is the best kind of thermometer for the incubator? I'm so tired of dealing with bad thermometers and I'm ready to invest in a good one.

BGB Spot Check from Brinsea?
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scflock said:
Spot Check is a great thermometer, but no hygrometer
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I agree... but for hygrometer I recommend this from ZooMed...

400


Been using these all year and both hygrometer and thermometer have stayed spot on... and I was told I would fry my eggs, lol... :D
 

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