The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[WallyG74]

At 11 weeks, is it even remotely possible that one I marked is a pullet?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I'd say no

 

[WallyG74]

I'd say no

Kinda what I was thinking too. That one to the left is so much more developed and the other has that sweet pullet look. But yeah, 11 weeks, prolly not.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Mine are due Sunday but I have one hatched already.
If I can shave a day or two off hatch time I could end up with an extra hatch or two by the end of season

 

[WallyG74]

Mine are due Sunday but I have one hatched already.
If I can shave a day or two off hatch time I could end up with an extra hatch or two by the end of season

Cooking a little warm?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Cooking a little warm?

Did I ever tell you about the time I sold eggs to a woman up the street and she was having trouble getting her incubator up to 300°?

 

[WallyG74]

Did I ever tell you about the time I sold eggs to a woman up the street and she was having trouble getting her incubator up to 300°?

Oh crap! No, I don’t think I heard that one.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Did I ever tell you about the time I sold eggs to a woman up the street and she was having trouble getting her incubator up to 300°?

How high did she get?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Oh crap! No, I don’t think I head that one.

So back when I was a teen I used to raise a lot of different bantam breeds. A kid I knew up the street wanted to get into showing birds so one day his mom stopped buy and asked me about getting her some eggs.
She'd been reading up on incubators and was ready to give it a try. I was running an old school hovabator back then and a sportsman cabinet.
She decided to buy a hovabator so if she had any questions I could help since I was familiar with that brand.
She got her incubator and I got her a bunch of eggs together. Next thing I knew she was knocking on my door and saying she was having trouble getting it hot enough. Said she had it turned all the way up and it still wasn't even close. I was a bit perplexed and started getting more info.
Come to find out she was trying to get it to 300° give or take a bit.
I was like WTH? True story, she said it said to set it too 100.5° or whatever and that it took 21 days for them to hatch so she figured if she tripled the temp they'd hatch in a 1/3 of the time.
Apparently 7 days was better then 21 for her. Genius, that one was.

 

[The Moonshiner]

How high did she get?

I was a kid so I didn't know those things but ya I think she was pretty high.