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I put new wafer thermostats and micro-switches in the ole #416 incubator. Spent 2 nights trying to calibrate and get it set up right. Nothing would work. I'd get one set and then the other would not work at all. I'd back off on the working one and try to set the other and then it wouldn't work either. Serious frustration going on there. Last night, I was minutes away from ordering electronic controls to put in it. I really didn't want to do that, I tend to be a purist about antiques.
So I says to my self, "Self, check the wiring. If the T-stats and switches are new, the only other thing is the wiring." Turns out that a previous owner had wired the 2 thermostats in parallel instead of in series. They were fighting against each other.
Fixed the wiring this morning and started it running. Set the temps and let it run. Was holding good until I left at lunch time. Hopefully it's still on track when I get home this evening.
 
Lookin4GoodLife said:
I posted in the Dixie Rainbows thread and maybe should have posted here....  any of you guys buy the Dixie Rainbows from Tractor Supply and have problems with them in the GA heat?  They look like the perfect bird for me to get started with, but then I saw where they are affected by the heat.  What has been your experiences with them here?  Thanks.
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Never heard of those so I can't help much but one would THINK that with Dixie in the name being in the south where it has a tendency to get a might hot in the summer wouldn't be a problem. Must be a misnomer like Greenland.
 
Got this pic today. Doesn't this baby look like it's saying, "what do I DO with all these feathers!?" :gig

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PapaChaz said:
Well I've always read/heard don't help, that they get out on their own or they won't make it.

My personal feeling is if its going to die in the shell, am i really hurting it if I help? I mean it wouldn't be underdeveloped, so why not help?

Someone clarify the "why" for me please
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As with some others that have already commented, I absolutely help.

Tabasco Jack said:
I put new wafer thermostats and micro-switches in the ole #416 incubator. Spent 2 nights trying to calibrate and get it set up right. Nothing would work. I'd get one set and then the other would not work at all. I'd back off on the working one and try to set the other and then it wouldn't work either. Serious frustration going on there. Last night, I was minutes away from ordering electronic controls to put in it. I really didn't want to do that, I tend to be a purist about antiques.
So I says to my self, "Self, check the wiring. If the T-stats and switches are new, the only other thing is the wiring." Turns out that a previous owner had wired the 2 thermostats in parallel instead of in series. They were fighting against each other.
Fixed the wiring this morning and started it running. Set the temps and let it run. Was holding good until I left at lunch time. Hopefully it's still on track when I get home this evening.
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Sure hope it held steady throughout.
carcar80 said:
Got this pic today. Doesn't this baby look like it's saying, "what do I DO with all these feathers!?"
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So stinkin' cute!
 
feathersaloft said:
I appreciate it! I'm just frustrated that I'm not getting better results. And them dying at the end hurts me!


Then there is the fact that the three BW Ameraucanas I did hatch out of the dozen eggs I bought, are NOT BW Ameraucanas.
They are blue in color.
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I saw his stock, and the BW are the only blue egg layers he had, I thought.

Ugh.
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probably EE's. those by any chance, come from that guy in summerville?
 
carcar80 said:
Have you just candled them yet to see if they've at least internally pipped? If they haven't, no use in trying to help in my experience. They won't absorb all the blood from the membrane until internal pip and if that's not done there's not much you can do.. Of course if you can't tell from candling then go for it
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well I was talking about one that's pipped, but then quits for several hours. I get the internal pip thing, I was just thinking more along the lines of helping one that's already started and stops
 
Hey everyone, I have had radio silence for about a year on my end. I don't even think any of you remember me. That's ok... I'm near Atlanta with about 12 hens and a rooster. Does anyone know where I might find started pullets...I can't do chicks right now. Preferably vaccinated for Mareks and not over 2 hours from Atlanta. I may be asking too much here, but if anyone knows where to find healthy birds, I know it's this group! Thx!
 
eqserman said:
Well really feeling bad, my little and loveable Serena that I really took a real liken to just passed. Prolapse Vent finally did her in. Everyone in the family is taking it hard, she was so spoiled.
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Oh, I'm sorry, I know I would be devastated if something happen to my OEGB hen, she sees me and she flies up on to my shoulder. Think of the funnest memory.
carcar80 said:
Got this pic today. Doesn't this baby look like it's saying, "what do I DO with all these feathers!?"
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Those are adorable what kind are they, besides Siamese chicks, pip and squeek, ok I know that was a lame attempt at a joke, work with me.
 

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