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[ronott1]

an air duster? is that like the canned air you use for your puter to blow out the dust and stuff? when I was breeding cockatiels they had sooo much dander I can understand the dust issue..hadnt noticed a bunch of dust issue with the chickens so far but maybe it's more for the newly hatched and developing feather shafts that develope so fast maybe? I dunno



ok here is another question.. I have seen how some ppl prefere to hatch their own eggs to avoid mareks? Now I am not sure exactly why and how this might be it's kinda on my list of chicken research stuff which seems to be growing everyday!

part of why I want to do the two more coops in the spring.. I want one for a chicken quarrentee area and also maybe as a hen and chick brooding pen..and want to do a tractor I can use both for several meat birds in spring to grow out n fill freezer and to move my chickens around in the non fenced area's in my front yard and garden area's (even potentially onto a raised bed so they can till and munch the weeeds or veggies that are done before replanting



and on a side note.. I been studying my chickens closely the last couple days and BOY are their feathers getting a high gloss and looking great......the condition showing up from the free range and yummy goodies they have been eating is shining thru their feathers what a vast difference it makes

Mareks is everywhere--wild birds bring it in.

coryza and a bunch of other illnesses do not pass through the egg hatching process too. MG does go through the egg so you have to be careful with that one though.

You do not notice the dander when hatching a couple but if you set 42 eggs and hatch 36 or so you will notice it!

 

[perchie.girl]

Deb, you could save an encrypted copy on some cloud service. That way you would have it safe. I don't think people looking to steal someones unfinished books and people who are good at breaking encryption hang out in the same places, so you wouldn't be risking too much.

I haven't put together a desktop puter in maybe 10 years. When I was 15, I knew by heart what components from different manufacturers were available in the market, and what went with what... not anymore though.

I have other stuff besides manuscript to keep safe.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Wisher, sounds like your service provider is having some major issues. You could probably even sue them for that. Some programmer has messed up pretty badly.

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[Amberjem]

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: CC what do you hatch in? I am fixin to buy another bator and looking at the the Genesis 1588 Ron recommended and I already have two from TSC that will not hold the temp or humidity I hate cleaning them after a hatch but I have been putting that rubber textured shelf liner in the bottom to make clean up easier. Since I can get it at the dollar store.

 

[ronott1]

CC what do you hatch in? I am fixin to buy another bator and looking at the the Genesis 1588 Ron recommended and I already have two from TSC that will not hold the temp or humidity I hate cleaning them after a hatch but I have been putting that rubber textured shelf liner in the bottom to make clean up easier. Since I can get it at the dollar store.

The rubber shelf liner can be washed in the clothes washer and re used.

 

[Wisher1000]

Each egg leaves a little "after birth" in the form of blood and goo, and each chick leaves several poops that are usually green, black and white. Then there's the fuzz that mixes with all that and coats the inside of the hatcher/incubator. The shelf liner helps, but it still has to be scrubbed out and sanitized. The good thing about using a stryro-bator just for hatching is that the bacteria only have a few days to grow, as opposed to three weeks when you use it to incubate.

 

[Amberjem]

Each egg leaves a little "after birth" in the form of blood and goo, and each chick leaves several poops that are usually green, black and white. Then there's the fuzz that mixes with all that and coats the inside of the hatcher/incubator. The shelf liner helps, but it still has to be scrubbed out and sanitized. The good thing about using a stryro-bator just for hatching is that the bacteria only have a few days to grow, as opposed to three weeks when you use it to incubate.

ty

 

[getaclue]

For those wanting to back up their hard drive, without using the cloud....get a second hard drive, connect power supply, and cable. I use Seagate Disc Wizard, and clone my drive, then disconnect the cloned drive. At least once a month, put the back up hard drive in, and re-clone. Any documents, pictures, etc. that are important, and ongoing just save to a CD, then when you perform your next clone session to your back up hard drive, throw the cd away. I have been doing this for years. DH thought I was dumb for doing it, until lightening hit the house, and fried our main hard drives. I was up, and running within minutes, and didn't lose anything. He, on the other hand, learned that I was not so dumb. LOL! This also works in the event you get a virus, or some nasty malware on your original drive. Put in the back up drive, add the files from the CD to make it current, then clone the back up drive onto the original drive, and your back in business, worry free, within a few minutes.

 

[perchie.girl]

For those wanting to back up their hard drive, without using the cloud....get a second hard drive, connect power supply, and cable. I use Seagate Disc Wizard, and clone my drive, then disconnect the cloned drive. At least once a month, put the back up hard drive in, and re-clone. Any documents, pictures, etc. that are important, and ongoing just save to a CD, then when you perform your next clone session to your back up hard drive, throw the cd away. I have been doing this for years. DH thought I was dumb for doing it, until lightening hit the house, and fried our main hard drives. I was up, and running within minutes, and didn't lose anything. He, on the other hand, learned that I was not so dumb. LOL! This also works in the event you get a virus, or some nasty malware on your original drive. Put in the back up drive, add the files from the CD to make it current, then clone the back up drive onto the original drive, and your back in business, worry free, within a few minutes.

How long does it take to clone say.... 250 GB?

I am planning on an external hard drive like this but I want an SSD.

deb