Incubating and hatching eggs chat thread!!

[ChcknNurse]

Its addictive. I'm a little more forgiving than is normal. If I get one out of 12 I consider it a good hatch. There are just too many things that can go wrong

SAY IT ISN'T SO!! That would break my heart! I feel irritated when there is a large number of clears. But I don't consider them a loss as if they developed.

 

[ChcknNurse]

Didn't mean to sound like a pompous butt.lol
I've been trying to get a start on this type birds for around 15 to 20 yrs. I was hooked from the first sight of them

It's okay to be a little pompous ... it's rare after all!

 

[ChcknNurse]

Going the SOP route is something Ive been building towards for a little over a year. I have no intention of showing my birds. I would however like to get things to where I could give them to the ag and 4H kids so that THEY could show them.

So honorable! I have an FFA kid... in fact it's how we started with chickens.

I have yet to sell a chick; only gifted them. It's probably why I get more irritated with dud eggs.

 

[JRNash]

You can't drive 5 minutes in any direction around here without seeing a sign for fresh eggs

 

[ChcknNurse]

Lots of people eat Cornish hens. Our store sells them. They are little, but perfect for a single person or a couple. Of course production ones aren't bred to SOP LOL

I would never spend big bucks on eggs from anywhere as a first time hatcher or using an unknown bator for the first time. Get experience on local bym eggs and if you don't want to keep mixes sell for cheap or give them away if they hatch. Once you have an idea of how well the bator works and how to monitor humidity then venture into putting money into what you want.

You would need to make sure they sent no more than 7 eggs.

 

[JRNash]

I've been giving grown mated pair turkeys away to keep from butchering them.

 

[ChcknNurse]

Lol, the possibilities are endless. In the mix is Saipan.

She's purty! She looks dainty

 

[ChcknNurse]

I'm going to put her with Elvis the blue Cochin for one hatch. Next year I'll probably order another male and a couple females to outcross with

Let's see, I have a pretty blue LF Cochin that I hatched.

 

[ChcknNurse]

You can't drive 5 minutes in any direction around here without seeing a sign for fresh eggs

Well, that's a good point... (and oh so obvious -- I'm so sleep deprived-- no AC for so many HOT Humid nights) . Certainly some have roosters.

 

[ChcknNurse]

I've been giving grown mated pair turkeys away to keep from butchering them.

I was just telling my daughter that we should pen a few turkeys so we can have a nice thanksgiving . When do you need to start raising them for the holiday?