Ducklings and Goslings do not take heat well, so be sure not to overheat them. They like a temperature of 90-92 degrees for the first 3 days, then 85-90 degrees for days 4 to 7. Thereafter, drop the temperature by approximately 5 degrees per week until they are fully feathered.
In his home based machine shop, McCoy invented an automatic lubricator cup for oiling steam engines. This was his first patent, âImprovement in Lubricators for Steam-Enginesâ granted on July 23, 1872. It is believed this was the origin of the term âthe Real McCoyâ because engineers would ask if it was âthe real McCoy, when buying lubricator cups for trains. Elijah McCoy held some 60 patents by the time of his death in 1929.
A section of the floodwall along the Tug Fork in Matawan, West Virginia, constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, depicts the HatfieldâMcCoy feud. 1865: Former Union soldier Asa Harman McCoy killed January 7, 1865, probably by the Logan Wildcats led by Jim Vance. 1878: Bill Staton (nephew of Randolph McCoy â not shown on family tree) was killed in 1878 as revenge for testifying on behalf of Floyd Hatfield in his trial for stealing a McCoy hog.