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Right, long story short. We were supposed to be buying a 2nd hand auto-incy from someone, who has now decided not to sell.
Someone that Mr OWG works with has offered to lend us a manual poly-box incy for the time being, whilst we save up enough money to buy new (the money for the other 2nd hand one isn't enough for a new one).
Mr OWG brought it home last night. It's old, with no instructions, and pretty much no indication of how it works. Problem is, it's filthy. I mean, really, really filthy.
I've tried to clean it up this morning, but even scrubbing the polybox base isn't cleaning the stuff off, plus, there were lots of little lice-y insects on it. The wire base insert is rusty as well.
I sent a message to Mr OWG to say that there was no way we could use it, as it's way too dirty, even after an hours scrubbing; and that I had no idea how to use it. We'd need to buy a thermometer and hygrometer I think.
He then tells me that the owner of it has just used it to hatch, so it must be fine; and that I shouldn't be such a snob about it.
I've been trying to tell him that, from everything I've read, incy's should be really clean. Plus, cos we are using it to test our fertility, I need to know that it works (and how it works?) so that if eggs don't hatch, I can tell whether it is the eggs, or the incy.
He says that the owner of it uses it all the time to hatch, and that I'm just panicking too much and should stop researching and looking into things as much, as I'm just over-reacting.
Am I over-reacting/being an incy-snob?
Someone that Mr OWG works with has offered to lend us a manual poly-box incy for the time being, whilst we save up enough money to buy new (the money for the other 2nd hand one isn't enough for a new one).
Mr OWG brought it home last night. It's old, with no instructions, and pretty much no indication of how it works. Problem is, it's filthy. I mean, really, really filthy.
I've tried to clean it up this morning, but even scrubbing the polybox base isn't cleaning the stuff off, plus, there were lots of little lice-y insects on it. The wire base insert is rusty as well.
I sent a message to Mr OWG to say that there was no way we could use it, as it's way too dirty, even after an hours scrubbing; and that I had no idea how to use it. We'd need to buy a thermometer and hygrometer I think.
He then tells me that the owner of it has just used it to hatch, so it must be fine; and that I shouldn't be such a snob about it.
I've been trying to tell him that, from everything I've read, incy's should be really clean. Plus, cos we are using it to test our fertility, I need to know that it works (and how it works?) so that if eggs don't hatch, I can tell whether it is the eggs, or the incy.
He says that the owner of it uses it all the time to hatch, and that I'm just panicking too much and should stop researching and looking into things as much, as I'm just over-reacting.
Am I over-reacting/being an incy-snob?
you are right, goodness knows what they will catch. The person that you have borrowed it from are the irresponsible sort of chicken breeder that we can do without.
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