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[blueducklings]

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DIY, I PMed you. Need to pick up the eggs.

 

[broodytood]

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Oh I can almost remember what summer is like... and sunshine... and warmth!!! Gorgeous coleus!!!! Thanks, I needed that!

 

[DIYSeattle]

Blueducklings I sent you an email this morning. Maybe I didnt send it properly?

Apparently they got hung up in my Outlook Express. Sorry about that.

Light comes in colors, called Kelvin Temperature. The higher the color the more blue it is. People see a different spectrum from what plants need. Red and yellow make fruit growth, and blue makes green growth. With people red and yellow make you fruity as its in the 3000K to 4500K color range. You can get 5500 or 6500K lights from home despot or Slowes in fluorescent tubes. If you have fluorescent outlets you can mix match a 3500 and a 6500 for a better even lioght. Youc an get 6500K compact fluorescents at the same places. The higher Kelvin range is more like the sunlight and can help with your mood. That yellow flickering light is terrible. We have a mixture of 6500 and 4500 in tubes so taht its more normal. But the 6500 is really more or less to help you stay sane in this overcast environment that we have. Try a 5 dollars 6500K light bulb and try to turn it on when other lights are on and it wont look so blue and abnormal til you get use to it. At first it is an odd color because we are so used to the old incandescent bulbs that were really yello in color (3000K).

The temp range is on most light bulbs (the compact fluorescents are single packed that have the 6500K and it is marked on the base of the bulbs). I used them also fro planted aqurium, growing hydro, starting plants, and to stay somewhat level in color temp from all the clouds. You can buy expensive lights but try the available fluorescents first.

 

[blueducklings]

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Sorry, I was on BYC

 

[blueducklings]

OK, here is my homemade hatch box for ADD hatchatitus folks.

Thanks to CL's idea.
I cut a hole to into the cooler...
& fit a glove over the bottomless MAYO jar,
and then the jar & glove goes into the hole in the incubator.

Here is what it looks like from the top. I have a recycled soy tub to hold the ikky stuff from the hatch, a mirror to see the other side of pips and I also have 2 thermometers in there, one for air temp & the other for egg temp.
and on the other side, there is the sponge. Depending on how I have the sponge & how I have the fan blow, I get a different humidity level.

Here is the ADD hand, candling 2 eggs that are left.

Here's who was in there.

Here they are again. Black & cream, Blue & cream.

Here is MO.

 

[DIYSeattle]

Thats almost a cleanbox/glovebox. Is the glove supposed to keep humidity in? I suppose it would do that well.

 

[blueducklings]

Yes, it keeps the heat & humidity in while allowing me to stick my hand in to check on the eggs. I pull the glove back, twist it back up and close the cap when I'm done. Beats having to open the box and risk a temp & humidity plunge. Beats sitting infront wondering...

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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Are these bulbs you can put in table lamps? or do you need the 'shop light' fixture for the tubes?

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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OMG, what the heck is that duck wearing? They are all so cute!

 

[broodytood]

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Awesome...bought a pair of gloves this morning. Gonna try it too. And those ducks are beyond adorable!!!!!! I'm smitten!!!!