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[Chickielady]

And, the barbie-que special, dark cornish chicks are doing excellent, and the Black Java and nankin eggs are doing perfect..I am stressing here as we put a new fan in the gQf..and it is not aimed at the water pan like the other fan.. and was not getting up to proper humidity..this is the first set in it since the replacement fan.
Now, since I fired up the big cabinet, Boldog is getting more eggs to bring over & set..she is so funny!
love Boldog!!

Now what is this I hear about a funeral this week end, where??
So sorry Ron~~~~~~~~~~~my sincere condolences!!!

Guess I better go..yak at ya all later, I am a done turkey & need to get the mud offame.
I will take pics tomorrow of the total set.

 

[broodytood]

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That's unreal! Great that it's ok, though!
What kind of goose eggs do you have hatching?

 

[Chickielady]

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I am dense with geese hatching, but I thought you had to turn the temp down a day before & let them sit, unturned (a cooling off period) before pip?
I am trying to learn here..just askin'...or is that just with Moscovies??

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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That's unreal! Great that it's ok, though!
What kind of goose eggs do you have hatching?

Oh and BTW, your eggs went out today--should get them tomorrow or Saturday.

I know--I just checked on him and he's passed out. I'm assuming it's a roo because it's HUGE! If not, it will have to be BERTHA for sure!

Giant African Dewlaps. The American Buffs are due two days later. The Buffs are probably going to my MIL's pond once they are larger. I was originally going to give her the Africans but I paid too much money for them! LOL I only have 3 African and 2 Buffs left...the others didn't fair so well in shipping.

 

[Chickielady]

I am so tired.............................now I need some silkie eggs for someone..not SQ, but good & healthy, anyone ??

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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I am dense with geese hatching, but I thought you had to turn the temp down a day before & let them sit, unturned (a cooling off period) before pip?
I am trying to learn here..just askin'...or is that just with Moscovies??

Nope--I take them out, mist & cool them for 10 minutes every night. Only hand-turning them twice per day. Before they are due, I stop turning and then mist them but I don't change the temp. The tricky part (for me) is keeping the humidity around 70% or so for the hatch without drowning the muscovies & calls that aren't due until next week and are in the same 'bator. The worst part by far with geese is the horrid mess they make in the bators during hatch. It looks like a COW hatched in there.

So I line the bottom with tin foil first so I can just pull it out & throw it away once the swamp monsters have emerged!

 

[Chickielady]

I know what you mean about the gook they leave when hatching...the runner ducks left goo---- I had to swallerbite my tongue to keep from yukking up,, green boogery slimey stuff.....eck!!!!!!!!
But good luck, and where is the baby bump photos????????????

 

[Chickielady]

Cannot find Pink Floyd!!!!!!!!
Gonna have to be happy with Stevie ray Vaughn.................................Or LZ......................just enough to polish the rest of my brains out of my head...................GOOD NIGHT!!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Oh yeah. LOL DH is gone tonight at some sort of HS coach's meeting or something....

Now that he's done with coaching (until NEXT SPRING!) he'll be home on the weekends and able to take some pics, I hope!

 

[Chickielady]

OK, cannot find Stevie Ray, but I DO have the Doors..................goodnight all, I have become comfortably numb