Monthly Archives: May 2017

Incubating eggs update, Day 21

Posted on May 28, 2017 by james

Well, they’ve been arriving thick and fast (and somewhat noisily) today. Fifteen so far I think, with another three eggs that have pipped though it’s not easy to tell looking through the lids. Sadly we also had one Marans that … Continue reading →

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Incubating eggs update #2, Day 20

Posted on May 26, 2017 by james

Well, he (or she) wasn’t hanging about. We have a hatched chick! It’s not a great photo unfortunately. I’ll get a better one tomorrow when we move it out of the incubator after it has dried off. One of the … Continue reading →

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Incubating eggs update, Day 20

Posted on May 26, 2017 by james

The long peck to freedom! Alerted by cheeping from one of the incubators I’ve just gone to have a look and one of the chicks is already well on the way out. It’s not a great photo but it is … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 26th May 2017

Posted on May 26, 2017 by james

I’m not working today, so I thought I’d go to the earlier public swim session as it is longer. What I didn’t know was that half the pool was roped off for “parent and baby” type sessions, so there wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Incubating eggs update, Day 19

Posted on May 26, 2017 by james

Today I took the incubators off the cradles and removed the dividers so the eggs are just lying on the incubator floors. I also lowered the temperature half a degree and pushed the humidity up a little. At the same … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 25th May 2017

Posted on May 25, 2017 by james

Yet again I was late to the pool today, but at least this time it was due to the arrival of a dumper truck that I’ve rented for the week of half-term so I can shift a load of spoil … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 24th May 2017

Posted on May 24, 2017 by james

Very late to the pool today and missed about a third of the session, so I just got on with some front crawl and swam until the bell went for the end of playtime, which turned out to be 2,400m … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 23rd May 2017

Posted on May 23, 2017 by james

Today I finally decided to move on to the next Swimfit session, which was comparatively short, but involved quite a few pairs of fast/slow lengths: 20 lengths front crawl 1 minute rest 6 x 1 length front crawl, 20 seconds … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 22nd May 2017

Posted on May 22, 2017 by james

I was contemplating another SwimFit session today, but didn’t get myself organised in time and was feeling somewhat jaded having spent another weekend at Millfield pool, so took the easy option and ploughed through 2km of front crawl followed by … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 19th May 2017

Posted on May 19, 2017 by james

A slightly different session today. I’ve decided it’s time to actually put some work into learning to breathe bilaterally. I didn’t learn to do so as a child and now find that if I try to breathe to my right … Continue reading →

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