BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Kassaundra]

Two of the three have been marked w/ green color, do you think they would have marked the girls or the boys?

 

[Kassaundra]

The foundlings are spunky and active today.

 

[Molpet]

@Kassaundra pic of last yrs CX at 2 day

 

[Kassaundra]

@Kassaundra pic of last yrs CX at 2 day

Thanks that's what the little foundlings look like.

 

[DesertChic]

Son: "Mom? What are all the eggs in this basket for?"

Me: "Those are the ones I'm planning to hatch."

Son: *pause* "I thought you said you were going to hatch six eggs?"

Me: "Yeah."

Son: "But there's twelve eggs."

Me: "Yeah."

Son: Looks at me accusingly.

Me: "I'm hatching six eggs...and six more eggs."

Son: Rolls his eyes, shakes his head, and stomps out of the room mumbling something that sounded suspiciously like, "My mother's gone insane".

 

[dan26552]

Son: "Mom? What are all the eggs in this basket for?"

Me: "Those are the ones I'm planning to hatch."

Son: *pause* "I thought you said you were going to hatch six eggs?"

Me: "Yeah."

 
Son: "But there's twelve eggs."

Me: "Yeah."

Son: Looks at me accusingly.

Me: "I'm hatching six eggs...and six more eggs."

Son: Rolls his eyes, shakes his head, and stomps out of the room mumbling something that sounded suspiciously like, "My mother's gone insane". 

My mom ordered 200 chicks last week, we got the hundred red rangers last week (local guy) and there's a hundred layers coming this week end, I don't think your son should be questioning your sanity.

 

[Kev]

Son: "Mom? What are all the eggs in this basket for?"

Me: "Those are the ones I'm planning to hatch."

Son: *pause* "I thought you said you were going to hatch six eggs?"

Me: "Yeah."

Son: "But there's twelve eggs."

Me: "Yeah."

Son: Looks at me accusingly.

Me: "I'm hatching six eggs...and six more eggs."

Son: Rolls his eyes, shakes his head, and stomps out of the room mumbling something that sounded suspiciously like, "My mother's gone insane".

Has he not heard of not counting chicks before they hatch? Not all eggs hatch, therefore just 6 eggs does not guarantee 6 chicks.. in the event not all of them hatch then that would make your statement of hatching 6 eggs a false one. Can't have that happening....

 

[dan26552]

Has he not heard of not counting chicks before they hatch?    Not all eggs hatch, therefore just 6 eggs does not guarantee 6 chicks..  in the event not all of them hatch then that would make your statement of hatching 6 eggs a false one.  Can't have that happening....

Very true!

 

[Our Roost]

What a waste! 42 incubator spots and only filling 6? Why not hatch 6 sets of 6 with space in between! Her son will then go insane. Ha.

 

[DesertChic]

What a waste! 42 incubator spots and only filling 6? Why not hatch 6 sets of 6 with space in between! Her son will then go insane. Ha.

My favorite incubator holds 24 eggs comfortably, and yes, he went nuts when I filled every millimeter of space in my last hatch. He's just overwhelmed by the fact that I still have over 85 chickens here. Some people get it, some people don't. I think 12 is a very comfortable number, and like Kev said...you can't guarantee they'll all hatch. (Psst....they'll probably all hatch just because I'm expecting them not to.)