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Well, I got more chicks. Picked up 12 Silver Laced Wyandottes from the local feed store for my sister. (1st Pic) At the same time, my BBS Orpington chicks hatched (17 of them, last picture). Middle picture are 13 RIR's that hatched out with the BBS's. Those are my sisters that she had me...

$1.50 an egg for blrw hatching eggs seems to be a good price compared to others I've seen. Seem to run $3 or better on average .

Sure. You just need to monitor the temp and adjust the height of the heat lamp for the proper temp.

$4 on LooseyGooseys eggs.

Out of the nine chicks I got, I'll probably only have 4 or so pullets, so I won't have enough.. Yet. Once they start laying (which I am very anxious for), I'll start hatching those. So, yes, eventually I'll have some to sell.. Unfortunately it will be near the end of the year, at least...

9 Chocolate Orpington chicks that hatched Saturday!

Had to move the thermometer because one hid behind it and I freaked out for a bit.. All 9 doing well

1st four Chocolate Orpingtons in the brooder. 4 more still in the bator. At least one more egg with a pip..

Just got back home and now I have 8.

7 hatched, and one egg still rocking.. :D

Woke up to 6 chicks in the bator this morning. Already way better than I expected. Hopefully I'll get a few more today and tomorrow.

It was 21 days ago today that I put my 19 chocolate orpington eggs in the incubator. On my previous 2 hatches (1 RIR, 1 duck), I had activity well before the hatch date (the RiR's started pipping on day 17). So, I was starting to think I had horrible luck with these shipped eggs. But I was...

I set 19 eggs on the 13th. Had them mailed in from CA, and thought they were packaged great, I think they got shook up pretty good. I candled yesterday, and 8 of them appear clear, 6 of them have saddle shaped air cells (some really huge and weird shape), and the last 5 appear to be...

Day 11 update: Out of 19 chocolate orpington eggs set (that traveled usps from California to Arkansas): 8 appear clear 6 have huge misshapen air cells. (I understand the term saddle-shaped very well now) 5 look great. Weighed them all as well, and weight loss is right where it should be...

This is my first hatch of shipped eggs. We'll see how it goes.