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[vehve]

A grand for 96 egg incubator seems kind of expensive to me... but what do I know.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Puddin we bought two of the 1588's and the ones we got were from the incubatorwarehouse.com and the first one we paid about 150. it came with a turner, the second one I got with out the turner as I have one that needed a motor replaced so I ordered the motor from the same place. They also sell the parts. Ron showed it to me and saved me a bunch of money.
I hope this helps.

Some how, and I really don't know how with the fabulous purple script, I missed this response last night. Thank you.

Yes, incubator warehouse sells replacement parts for the styrobators. GQF also sells replacement parts for the 1588 and other incubators--wire, bottoms, tops too. They also sell new plastic inserts with water tanks if yours goes bad. There are also different tank setups for the incubators. I like the one with two little tanks in the middle and bigger ones around the outside. It is easier to get the humidity set correctly.

Thank you as well. My hatches I have done with a friends 2 styrobators with turners. I confess, I am totally not scientific about it.

I keep water in the trays, keep the temp at 100 as much as possible and say some prayers. I've had about 30% hatch rate so I am happy with that as I am working with free eggs and if every egg I set hatched

I would be in chick overload!!!

I cant wait to train my babies to do the dishes

Mine are trained and it is great!

 

[tntchix]

Kewel.... How was the trial... Promising?

The company I worked for did tools for electroporation. they shot the cells with high voltage to cause them to allow genes to migrate in.... Rather than using chemicals. ... We had a geneticist on loan from Oxford I believe helping direct the course of the studies. I was designing and surpervising the build on the Cuvettes and actual safety stands to hold the Cuvettes

The stand was hooked up ot a huge generator the Cuvettes were inserted with the genetic material in them and the stands wouldn't operate till the lid was shut. Then someone would throw the switch...

They also had some tools they were working with that were designed for localized Chemotherapy using external electrodes... I refined the drawings for them...

This was back in the year Jurassic park came out.

For what its worth I spoke to the geneticist about Jurassic park and asked if the premise was possible... his answer.... "Absolutely"


deb

That movie terrified me when it came out because I "knew" someone was already trying.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

That movie terrified me when it came out because I "knew" someone was already trying.

My husband and kids think it would be cool if dinosaurs were around, personally I like walking around my house without the fear of being gobbled down by a T-Rex.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've had an interesting day. A friend's mare foaled . . . . sorry, not a draft; a registered Appaloosa.

OOOH, I love appaloosas. We had POAs when I was growing up.

@perchie.girl
Corrales -- the village I live in -- is THE horse capital of new Mexico. Each December they close off the main street and there's a parade of folks horses. It was amazing how many draft horses are here. Belgians seem to be the steed of choice and thus far I've counted only one black Percheron. While driving to art class today I found a street in Albuquerque where just about every block had either a horse feed store, tack store, equine clinic...really cool.
The next-door neighbor's mare is due to foal next month. A homozygous pinto bred to an Appaloosa.... A pintaloosa? I dunno. Cannot imagine what the coat could look like.

@ChickenCanoe
I must confess that I know just about zilch about Minorcas. But what was appealing was they're heat-hardy, lay large eggs, lay large eggs. What are their temperament? They lay large, but do they lay lots?
I heard about those murders in Tyrone. At first our news station was unclear what state it was in... We have a Tyrone, NM, with a population of about 10, which is what could be concluded because the news was coming over a local station. Waaaaay out in the boonies. It's kind of a gathering place for all the folks flung into the hills. Still, a sad situation no matter what state...


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The snow bone doesn't lie! It has snowed all last night and all day today. Woke up to 4" of fluffy dry powder. Supposed to be snowing all weekend, too. A good weekend to hibernate.

I thought the temperament was great. They were in a large mixed flock with about 12 or more different breeds. I never really noticed them so they didn't cause problems. They're aloof like most Mediterranean breeds, not lap pets. Lay rate is excellent. I got my whites from Sandhill Preservation. I think that's the only hatchery that carries white Minorca. I wish I had more room. I'd keep them again. If I were you, I'd get more than 1. You'll love them.

Speaking of snow, it's supposed to start this afternoon and continue through tomorrow night. 6=8".

Worse yet, I woke up this morning and the first floor was about 55 degrees. The furnace is on the fritz. Luckily we have another for the second floor which is where the bedrooms are. The first floor furnace also heats the cellar which is where the chicks and incubator are.

Some how, and I really don't know how with the fabulous purple script, I missed this response last night. Thank you.

Thank you as well. My hatches I have done with a friends 2 styrobators with turners. I confess, I am totally not scientific about it.

I keep water in the trays, keep the temp at 100 as much as possible and say some prayers. I've had about 30% hatch rate so I am happy with that as I am working with free eggs and if every egg I set hatched

I would be in chick overload!!!

Mine are trained and it is great!

Keeping water in the trays is all I do in my homemade one. I don't even have a hygrometer. I weigh eggs in the incubator just adding water a couple times and then when they go to the hatcher I just keep the 2 pans with sponges full. I have no idea what the humidity is in there but it seems high. I keep trying to automate it more each time I tinker. Eventually I'll have a good automatic humidity control. Getting the temperature right was the first thing I had to tackle. I've kicked a few controllers to the curb already.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

My husband and kids think it would be cool if dinosaurs were around, personally I like walking around my house without the fear of being gobbled down by a T-Rex.

I'd like to see them clone mammoths and mastodons.

 

[tntchix]

My husband and kids think it would be cool if dinosaurs were around, personally I like walking around my house without the fear of being gobbled down by a T-Rex.

My Trex's are outside waiting to be let out to free range right now.

I'd like to see them clone mammoths and mastodons.

Careful what you wish for.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

My Trex's are outside waiting to be let out to free range right now.

Careful what you wish for.

Yep, my chickens are as close as I want to get to dinosaurs!

 

[ozexpat]

I'd like to see them clone mammoths and mastodons.

my understanding is they are very close

they are on the priotity list

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I sold some Pene eggs to a BYC member on the Missouri thread. She picked them up when she came to my processing class. She just PMed me saying they were due to hatch tomorrow. One is out, one is pipping and one is rocking.