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

[meganhundley]

Hang in there Turk, I know it seems hard now, and I know how it is to fight anxiety and depression, to feel like you literally can't breath. You feel trapped, like there's nowhere to run, no one to turn to and nothing could possibly be worse and it can't get any darker but I'm living proof that it can be worse and it can be darker. But I'm also proof that things do get better. I promise you. You just have to hold on a while longer and you'll see. Take it 1 day at a time and 1 of those days you'll wake up and that fog will be gone and you'll think where have I been for the last X years of my life? I have had my power cut off uncountable times for weeks at a time and it wasn't an error on the power companies side but because we didn't have the money to pay the power bills cause we had spent it all on drugs. Loosing water or power is a scarey thing (I'm sure it's worse when you know you paid it!!) but it's even scarier when you get used to it like we did, lol. You'll be ok, I promise. And if you want to talk you can always PM me and I'm sure everyone else on here feels the same. I think you need a couple of these

 

[dan26552]

I think every single one of us is trying to figure out a way to make enough money off of these chickens to retire and stay at home with them. The first one that figures it out gets a parade

Hmmm, might take you up on that

 

[WalnutHill]

I don't like the caveat that you have to make money first. I think we should be the testers.

Yeah, do the "build a better bator" on Kickstarter. Reverse engineer my Brinsea Polyhatch for ideas.

Really, though, just use a cleanable rigid material with enough mass and a proportional thermostat and that's most of the battle.

Brinsea Polyhatch: http://www.wheatcroftpoultry.co.uk/productdetails.asp?intproductid=28&intcategoryid=1

Mine is the 120v version, and works great!

 

[FridayYet]

I made enough money to retire and work from home part-time, but none of it came from my freeloading chickens!

 

[WalnutHill]

sometimes he pops on at night with the girls he has a lot of work during the day and can't post unless he has a break and then he starts at the back of the thread and works his way in so he replies to the posts in descending order and after he does all of that then he will tell the end of the story hopefully he will get to finish it before he has to go back to work unless we can get a rain day on rain days he has more time and might be able to finish the story in one sitting after making funny jokes about the other posts he's read I like that guy

Well done. You just left a few caps out.

 

[meganhundley]

Musty? It shouldn't smell musty.

Yea, it's got a musty smell. This officially worries me now!!

 

[WalnutHill]

Oh, ok. Thanks for the recap. My turner doesn't click like that yet. I hope you don't have stripped gears, but as long as it is turning I wouldn't worry about it. Maybe the gears are just dry. The Brinsea manual does say to spray it with WD 40. The good news is you can get a replacement turner. The bad news is it will cost more than half of what you paid for the whole thing...

Or buy parts: http://www.brinsea.com/c-93-octagon-incubators.aspx

more likely clutch than motor, though.

 

[Ravynscroft]

to mixedUPturk and meganhundley!!!

And anyone else who needs them... rough day must've been going around... :/

And I can't remember anything else...

 

[Ravynscroft]

I have yet another ? lol, is it normal for the bator to smell slightly musty after only a day and a half? I know I scrubbed this thing good before I set the eggs but I just sniffed 1 of the vent holes (don't ask!) and it's got a musty slightly moldy smell already.

Used styro bator... did you bleach it?

Oh, and you should always sniff the bator, lol... tells you if you have a possible bomb ticking away in there...

 

[WalnutHill]

I read the "parade for retiring w the chickens" and forgot to quote it...

A lil bit about me...

I cant work yet. Trien to get there. i went insane on my last job. The poultry in general is my therapy. Without the birds i wouldnt have the desire to Live at all anymore. I was my grandmas caregiver, but i had to put her in a home because i couldnt ever get enough time off to unwind. I was SO up tight that i attacked myself repeatedly leaving physical scars. I was almost hosptalized when we lost her, only 4 months after i gave up. It was literally my care keeping her going, not just alive but Living. Grandma suffered alzhiemers as well as a dehabilitaing stroke. I taught her to play the piano and walk again. I hated myself for my weakness and for giving up on taking care of her, for a long time. now days, mostly im just thankful we had that time togther.

Props to you for taking on the caregiver role. We did that for my husband's grandparents and their dog as long as they were physically able to remain in our house. It's very, very hard. You should not carry any guilt, without caregiver respite it's probably the hardest task an adult can take on.

Best wishes for your full recovery, and be sure to spend quality time on you.