Washingtonians

[Rainwolf]

Hello Everyone! I am in Deer Park, Washington, just North of Spokane.... I am totally new here and new to hatching.  I've been fussing with my homemade incubator cabinet (it looks awesome!) but really am struggling with getting the temp below 103 degrees.  I don't know what else to do as I have a rheostat as well a running a fan.  I am trying to get ready to set 36 eggs!
Any suggestions?

You need ventilation of some kind
Most incubators will have some kind of cross ventilation holes.
It looks pretty!
Welcome to the thread and BYC and jump right in and ask questions...
if we miss it just ask again sometimes it moves to fast!

 

[Greg Richardson]

An inch on the ground and coming down hard!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

We are gettin snow and the ground is turning white.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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[Chicken Rustler]

Hello Everyone! I am in Deer Park, Washington, just North of Spokane.... I am totally new here and new to hatching. I've been fussing with my homemade incubator cabinet (it looks awesome!) but really am struggling with getting the temp below 103 degrees. I don't know what else to do as I have a rheostat as well a running a fan. I am trying to get ready to set 36 eggs!
Any suggestions?

I would say a THERMOSTAT ! rather than the Rheostat. Rheostat is basically a dimmer switch. A thermostat will turn the heat source of and on as needed to maintain the temp in a given range.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

One more thing to look for and I don't think it has been mentioned is the waddle color. A males waddles will turn red while the female will stay pale up until she starts laying. This usually happens way before the pointed hackle and saddle feathers come in. I've noticed it a lot at 4 weeks.

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[Greg Richardson]

Unreal how hard the snow been falling. Now over 6 inches. Wonder how long power will stay on cause it is heavy snow.

 

[Imp]

Unreal how hard the snow been falling. Now over 6 inches. Wonder how long power will stay on cause it is heavy snow.

It's trying here, but my anti-s*** dance is holding it off.

Russ

 

[Totalcolour]

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Your right!! And so this little guy has just been placed in a worse situation. . .when it was an accident!!! REALLY??
. . .He needs counseling to help him understand, if he truly didn't mean to hurt anyone with the gun, why is he being treated like a criminal??? And can you imagine the depth of horror he must feel because it accidentally went off and hurt someone??? It makes me want to cry!!

The problem for me is, that it's REALLY hard for a handgun to go off ACCIDENTALLY the way it was explained. Dropping a backpack, and having the gun go off, and then it hit the girl the way it did is EXTREMELY unlikely. (We have handguns, and they simply don't work that way)

I"m not saying it COULDN'T happen, just very unlikely.

Now, everyone on here B#$%&^S about the media, yet everyone is avidly reading the media coverage of this, or watching on the NEWS, or listening on the radio, yet the truth is still not known. We should not jump to conclusions, EITHER way. (If we want the media to stop all it's nonsense, it's up to us to make it happen, they won't go away if we keep "supporting" them)

The little boy needs to be evaluated for his own and everyone else's well being and safety. Only then can adequate care be given to him.

I too feel for him and the little girl that was hurt, and the families.

(Sorry for the rant - but we simply don't have all the information to draw any informed conclusions)

 

[Ogress]

Flying Applesauce! Who's throwing this stuff at me? The Ogress is getting ready to roll a big snowball down her mountain to squash you.

I have today off so I was hoping to pull up all the dead bracken fern that are cluttering my garden, but I can't find them now.