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

[WVduckchick]

I have a Smokey Mountain cabinet smoker (propane) and cold smoke with it all the time...I just use a mix of wet and dry wood chips and no propane. But I am going to build a set-alongside burner box that will duct into one of the side vents on the big cabinet by way of vent pipe. That will allow me better fuel monitoring and smoke control in addition to the cool smoke.

Just be sure that with cold smoking, curing salt is ALWAYS used...

You show up at almost my dinner time... now I'm hungry again...

Not quite, BR. WV got it, though

 

[meganhundley]

X2, sounds like they need a little more time. Were the air cells getting a lot bigger (drawing down) yet?

they had gotten a tad bigger, not much though.

 

[RubyNala97]

@Ruby: I couldn't really tell since the cells are so screwy. I think 1 or 2 may hatch tomorrow but I think several will take longer. There's still lots of fluid in some of them. And the #12 egg still has a loose section in the cell. He's the most underdeveloped. That egg is just huge though. I mean REALLY big.

You will be able to tell when the air cell draws down, even with shipped, whacky air cells because in a short period of time, the air cell will get HUGE. There's no mistaking it. The first time I saw it, I panicked and thought I had killed and shrink-wrapped all my eggs!! Lol

 

[RubyNala97]

they had gotten a tad bigger, not much though.

It's still only day 20, so give them time! I think you're going to have a good hatch!

 

[scflock]

Yeah, I noticed   And my sister is always saying that 

 

[meganhundley]

It's still only day 20, so give them time! I think you're going to have a good hatch!

K. I'll have to search some images of eggs with drawn down air cells so I know what to look for.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

No, I'm down to 1 that looks good for the 22nd and 2 that look good for the 24th. They are about a day and half apart. Honestly if any of them hatch, it will be a miracle. Those eggs were just too damaged! How many are you locking down? Hopefully your hatch will go great, maybe just a small delay because of the temp drops.

Well if you're bringing him then I should bring my two older ones so they can play. He's 7, right? Mine are 8 & almost 10.
Maybe they are just a day behind and that's why you don't see any draw down yet. My peafowl eggs had really small air cells, that were a perfect little circle in the fat end and they did great. Just wait and see! I am running this current batch with higher humidity because the woman I bought the eggs from is only 3 hours away and she has the brinsea 20 and is getting good hatches at 45-55%. Maybe you should give that a try next, regardless, just to compare. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with this batch, though.

I have development in 10/12! So they are looking good. The shells are really super thick, so I haven't been able to candle that well. I'm not even sure about the air cells but I think they'll be ok. And that sounds perfect for the kids!! How are the chicks doing?
It should be soon!! Good luck. Did you see any draw down on the air cells when you candled?

He'd love that! My boy is the poster child for social butterfly! Not sure where he gets it. Neither I or his dad actually like to be around people....lol But he will talk anyone's ear off. He's a hoot in the stores though!

 

[dan26552]

Well at least I served one purpose

 

[scflock]

And, pray tell, what will be George's fate?  The house squirrel we had when I was growing up was quite a hoot.  He was huge.  He got to stay until he developed a taste for buttons.  He'd crawl in the washer, chew the buttons off my dad's shirts, and go hide them.  But, the final straw was when he decided that the toaster cord would be good to file his teeth down.  

I really don't know. He's in a brooder right now. I will probably try to feed him until he is strong enough to make it in the tree on his own.
Then shoot him...
Dang cat should have found him before I did. There is nothing blue about this

 

[frmboyinthecity]

We also get off subject on occasion... lots of occasions... So since I know we have some shooters around here, I thought I'd show off my new targets.
Had to buy new tires for my car yesterday (cha-ching... OUCH!) So we made targets out of them. Supposedly, the lead will collect in the tire, instead of ending up everywhere, plus they make a nice holder for the steel target:

this looks awesome. And simple.

I have a Smokey Mountain cabinet smoker (propane) and cold smoke with it all the time...I just use a mix of wet and dry wood chips and no propane. But I am going to build a set-alongside burner box that will duct into one of the side vents on the big cabinet by way of vent pipe. That will allow me better fuel monitoring and smoke control in addition to the cool smoke.

Just be sure that with cold smoking, curing salt is ALWAYS used...

this talk about BBQ required me to go find a new BBQ place to eat lunch. I'm a happy man now.