Reporting in. Got 6 silkie nuggets hatched last night. Not all fluffed out yet.
15 due 4/18.
14 due the 4/25
16 set today, due 4/30 but those haven't been candled yet, so may have a couple of duds yet.
Besides the NR 360, we picked up a used Brinsea 56 EX a week or so ago, so no more...
I got my NR 360 on a sale last year for $169.99 but wanted another one and see no sales even close, more like what you're saying, $200+, so I'll probably get a Kebonnix too. I'd really rather get the Brinsea 56EX but that's $450! Pretty hard to justify that when I only have 6 silky hens and...
When you have silkies, you don't have to encourage it. You start looking for ways to discourage it actually lol. However, if you want a chicken to sit on some eggs, I would save a clutch of about 10 or 12 depending on size of eggs and hen, mark those so you can tell if a new egg shows up, and...
I opted not to stick that one under the broody hens when I thought about how the chickens in the coop will eat all of its starter and momma would bring it to the adult feeder. I thought again about how to make a pen for momma and this baby, and then it dawned on me...could 3 two-week-old...
This is my third hatch of silkies/frizzles due March 19, so they're in lockdown now. I'll reload the incubator again with half fresh/half refrigerated as hubby snatches them up so fast and forgets to ask which ones I want lol. I've had success with refrigerated eggs even two weeks old.
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