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[AmyLynn2374]

10-4 on the pellet stove.
We heat w/wood, & I considered firing up the stove this morning myself, but the chimney hasn't been cleaned out from last season yet. I normally clean it out in Oct. & again during the Jan. thaw (if we have one), but I've got a balance issue going on currently, with occasional black-outs, & I don't want to risk a problem while I'm on the roof. Guy from church was supposed to come do it for me this week, before monsoon season set in. I had to put the electric space heater in service for a couple hours.

No, I would say being on the roof would not be a good idea right now. I ended up grabbing the tower heater from the bathroom to use. I'll use it during the day when I get cold and my father has a fireplace heater in his room, so that will keep it kosher during the day for now. I cleaned out the stove and pulled all the pipes apart and cleaned them out the beginning of the week. We've used it the last two nights, I'm just not ready or prepared to run it all day yet...lol

 

[kwhites634]

No, I would say being on the roof would not be a good idea right now. I ended up grabbing the tower heater from the bathroom to use. I'll use it during the day when I get cold and my father has a fireplace heater in his room, so that will keep it kosher during the day for now. I cleaned out the stove and pulled all the pipes apart and cleaned them out the beginning of the week. We've used it the last two nights, I'm just not ready or prepared to run it all day yet...lol

I've been there with an elderly parent in the house; it's tough. When Mom died @ 83, Dad was left alone in their house. He got to where he'd forget to turn the cook stove off, plus his oil-fired stove had a problem, so he was heating the whole house with 3-4 electric space heaters. God knows what that did to his electric bill! He refused to live with either of my sisters, both of whom live in town, or my brother, who lives in NC, so we brought him to live with us. We went through an extra cord of wood in the year & a half he was with us. He ultimately took his last breath in our living room. It was a lot better than being in a nursing home.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I've been there with an elderly parent in the house; it's tough. When Mom died @ 83, Dad was left alone in their house. He got to where he'd forget to turn the cook stove off, plus his oil-fired stove had a problem, so he was heating the whole house with 3-4 electric space heaters. God knows what that did to his electric bill! He refused to live with either of my sisters, both of whom live in town, or my brother, who lives in NC, so we brought him to live with us. We went through an extra cord of wood in the year & a half he was with us. He ultimately took his last breath in our living room. It was a lot better than being in a nursing home.

I wouldn't change it for the world. When my mom died we were pretty sure Dad would follow shortly after, but I moved back to my hometown to be here for him and less than a year later I was pregnant for my son and it just seemed to give him a new reason to live, especially after my ex and I split, and I really believe it's what has kept him going the last 7-8 years. He told my sister he needs to be here until my son get's grown up cause we need him. So as long as that's giving him the will, we'll take it. He's 84 now and I keep telling him he's going to be here to see 90. A nursing home is NOT an option. It would be pointless. He'd be gone in no time. Me taking care of him works perfect. We get a pension for me being his caretaker, he gets taken care of by family who knows him and actually cares about him and it has given me the opportunity to actually raise my son and to be able to homeschool on top of

 

[kwhites634]

I wouldn't change it for the world. When my mom died we were pretty sure Dad would follow shortly after, but I moved back to my hometown to be here for him and less than a year later I was pregnant for my son and it just seemed to give him a new reason to live, especially after my ex and I split, and I really believe it's what has kept him going the last 7-8 years. He told my sister he needs to be here until my son get's grown up cause we need him. So as long as that's giving him the will, we'll take it. He's 84 now and I keep telling him he's going to be here to see 90. A nursing home is NOT an option. It would be pointless. He'd be gone in no time. Me taking care of him works perfect. We get a pension for me being his caretaker, he gets taken care of by family who knows him and actually cares about him and it has given me the opportunity to actually raise my son and to be able to homeschool on top of

I know exactly how you feel, and totally agree. We had help for when we were both @ work, then Hospice toward the end, so it was a lot easier than being "on call" 24-7. Dr's gave Dad 6 months before we brought him here; he made it a year & a half b4 his body finally gave up @ 86. He never actually accepted this as home, but I believe he enjoyed being here with family. At least he could go outside & roam around w/o us worrying about him getting mugged or run over, or lost.

 

[Guyswithchicks]

I'm so upset right now! Today is hatch day. I have 4 external pips and at least 1 internal. I came to look in the incubator and check on them (I'm checking like every hour) and the temp was 75 degrees!! The fan was blowing inside the brinsea mini but blowing COLD air out!! Its not working!! Thank god I have another mini. I transferred them all over but I'm so afraid of issues now that they had cold air blowing on them!! They couldn't have been cold for longer then an hour. Please give me any advice or encouragement that they'll be ok. I'm so mad at brinsea. I would like to say a lot of four letter words right now!!

It is a gut wrenching moment aye. I recall two similar occasions Rubynala. The first was during one of the first hatches I did in a brand new Brinsea. Driving home one evening I got to a certain point then noticed that the houses we were passing were in darkness. A power cut had happened and I was totally helpless to do anything. I raced into the house to see the temp on the incubator at room temperature. Having no backup and living in a rural area I just had to wait it out realising that I could loose the whole hatch. Talk about anxiety. The power came on two hours later and the eggs went on to hatch normally.
The second was just last year when a broody left her nest and I found stone cold eggs some 12 hours later. They were only 7 days in and on candle them all were developing but no movement. Anyway I fired up a brinsea hatch master and popped them in. All but one of the 14 hatched so it just goes to show.

 

[ronott1]

It is a gut wrenching moment aye. I recall two similar occasions Rubynala. The first was during one of the first hatches I did in a brand new Brinsea. Driving home one evening I got to a certain point then noticed that the houses we were passing were in darkness. A power cut had happened and I was totally helpless to do anything. I raced into the house to see the temp on the incubator at room temperature. Having no backup and living in a rural area I just had to wait it out realising that I could loose the whole hatch. Talk about anxiety. The power came on two hours later and the eggs went on to hatch normally.
The second was just last year when a broody left her nest and I found stone cold eggs some 12 hours later. They were only 7 days in and on candle them all were developing but no movement. Anyway I fired up a brinsea hatch master and popped them in. All but one of the 14 hatched so it just goes to show.

Read this!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Read this!

I've read that on the Brinsea site. It is a real good read. I found it very interesting.

 

[Guyswithchicks]

Read this!

[ATTACHMENT=668]whatifthepowergoesoff.pdf (706k. pdf file)[/ATTACHMENT]

Yes, thank you. I did come across this article in January I think and after a bit more research I actively now open the incubator for 30 minutes per day. It has assisted the required loss of weight of the eggs by about a further 1%.
I live in a naturally humid area even in winter and I struggle to achieve a weight loss in the eggs of anything over 12%. Since opening the doors each day I can achieve a more respectable 13.5%

 

[CaseyV]

It's been alot cooler down south the past couple of days. Love having the door open and not having to use the ac. It will start warming up again on Monday. Looking forward to lower electric bills.

Wish the weather was like this more often.

 

[ronott1]

Yes, thank you. I did come across this article in January I think and after a bit more research I actively now open the incubator for 30 minutes per day. It has assisted the required loss of weight of the eggs by about a further 1%.
I live in a naturally humid area even in winter and I struggle to achieve a weight loss in the eggs of anything over 12%. Since opening the doors each day I can achieve a more respectable 13.5%

You can increase the time with the top off or the doors open to two hours from day 8 to 18.