On the bright side, the breeder where these birds originally came from said day-old chicks are worth $8-$10 each and started birds are worth $25-$50 each, depending on quality. My chicks are high quality, so I'm actually money ahead. Or I will be... later. In a few months...
Shipping. Couple of cracked eggs, and tons of loose air cells.
here's some more
is it the shipping or incubation?
A little... sometimes... if they'lucky. Maybe enough to buy a bag of feed...if you're lucky.
Hopefully they'll start producing for you and quicklyOn the bright side, the breeder where these birds originally came from said day-old chicks are worth $8-$10 each and started birds are worth $25-$50 each, depending on quality. My chicks are high quality, so I'm actually money ahead. Or I will be... later. In a few months...
i don't even sell eggs so my chickens are just burning up my money
Yay! Go chickies!!
Lucky #13 making serious progress! Still just four others pipped of 15. Eggs are from different sources though, so hopefully just on a different scheduleRussian Orloffs are wiggling a bit.
Welcome Daffodil!!
Lucky #13 is out! This morning I asked our daughter what color the first one to hatch would be, and she said black. She was right! She also says it's a girl and her name is Daffodil
Daffodil is displeased with being alone, so hopefully some of her brothers and sisters join her soon!
Still only four others pipped, but haven't checked in an hour so could be more now if the chirping encouraged them.
Thank you all for the encouraging words! I'm a nervous first time chicken mom.
