Re: Pale Australorp

In article <Xns96FEABFF1F571diddydiddynet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, diddy <none>
wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> composed these thoughts and
> posted themnews:Omelet-93CEA6.19465128102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> > You are lucky to have an auto-turner. I've never bought one.
> I love the auto turner. But the egg cups are rather small. Most chicken
> eggs and duck eggs have to be masking taped down, or they fall out of the
> cups. Once I discovered the masking tape, I found I didn't have to check in
> and disturb the eggs as often. The incubator instructions say not to be
> opening the incubator during incubation. (so how do you turn the eggs?) So
> I bought the egg turner option. And decided that taping them down until 3
> days prior to hatch might be prudent
>

Seems to have worked, and better than hand turning them all twice per
day. ;-)

Opening the incubator as little as possible helps, but a hen will get up
off the nest at least once per day to eat and drink. Ducks bury the eggs
under LOTS of puffs of chest down. It's interesting.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
.

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