WELCOME!!!!!I want to hatch-a-long this year! Time to dust off the 'ol incubator!!
I'm in
If I have some eggs to set.
Thank you Mike!!!!Very nice! Good Luck!
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ohhhh BEAUTIFUL!!!!Set my first tray full of eggs in my new Ova-Easy 190 incubator!I guess this is officially a "test hatch" before the Easter Hatch-along...
these chicks will hatch one week before the Easter chicks. I am truly curious to see how fertility is on these eggs, since they are all from my own flocks and this is the first hatch of the year for me. On this tray are Buff Orpingtons, Black & Blue French Copper Marans, Wheaten Ameraucanas, Wheaten AM x White Leghorn, Marans x EE for Olive Eggers, Partridge Silkies, and a few misc. Marans crosses. So excited to get the hatching season started for our little farm!!!
Only 8 chickens?You my friend, have the great power of resistance!
Welcome!
So glad you could join!
What kind are they?
It looks like a mosaic! You could make art out of hatching eggs.
Um... what about 65?
We've finally got our numbers down to around 45 but if all the eggs hatch as planned, it will be up to around 60 chickens again. Thankfully we have two barns (both large), a shed, and 10 acres of fields for them to forage in.
Wow, sounds like an awesome place to live. We wish we had that much land, but ten acres is good. Not many trees, but we planted some and they stare starting to grow. Some of the old trees had to come down though because of the danger of them falling during a storm.
My chickens rarely venture far from the barn, especially since it is so big so it has enough room for them to live in comfortably. During the evening they will go out into the field, but only during the evening, when the hawks aren't in the sky and the sun isn't so hot.
Now I know not to get a cabinet bator, I'm already trying to figure out how many quail eggs would fit on there also
That sounds awesome! My chickens stay near the coop too but the ducks wander off all the time. We just bought 22 acres up in VT so I am really excited to move there (right now we live on 14 acres). I'm gonna have tons more space to get tons more birds!
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Only 8? Wow, you have self control lol. I have alot 25 chickens out there now and 7 turkeys. There's nothing but state game lands behind our property and the cabin next door is a part time neighbor who likes seeing the chickens and turkeys in the yard. The neighbor of the other side of us doesn't mind the chickens at all (though they rarely venture into their yard) but I work hard to make sure the turkeys stay away from their yard. Only because they've tried to invade their garage to visit a couple times and I don't want them flying up on their roof lol. My flock mainly stays in our yard though with plenty of room.
I know all about that. Since I've been hatching poults every week, I usually have 1 or two from the hatch before that teach them the way of things. Right now, the last of my poults from last week are supposed to go to their new home tomorrow and my next set probably won't hatch until Sunday BUT I have a couple chicks in the brooder that will be with them. The ones I just set will hatch with all the hatch a long chicks that I set next week. Oh yes, I already have alot 40 eggs dabbed up towards next week's set date lol.
I never thought about that! But you just hands me a great idea.....
) and chick season is coming up soooooo.... it might happen. Might wait till these gals lay the first egg though LOL Love these colors! I want some of each of these, in my nest box.Set my first tray full of eggs in my new Ova-Easy 190 incubator!I guess this is officially a "test hatch" before the Easter Hatch-along...these chicks will hatch one week before the Easter chicks. I am truly curious to see how fertility is on these eggs, since they are all from my own flocks and this is the first hatch of the year for me. On this tray are Buff Orpingtons, Black & Blue French Copper Marans, Wheaten Ameraucanas, Wheaten AM x White Leghorn, Marans x EE for Olive Eggers, Partridge Silkies, and a few misc. Marans crosses. So excited to get the hatching season started for our little farm!!!
Well, I have the browns, and dark brown speckled, I have 2 EE pullets that will lay either the blue/green, or OE. I have a couple of white egg layers coming up..I think I'm all set..except..for that beautiful blue I am seeing here! And oh..I do have some blue Marans that will be laying that dark dark egg. A lot of months out though.
Love these colors! I want some of each of these, in my nest box.
I'm also doing wheaten ameraucana x leghorn! Can't wait to see the match-up!! Beautiful eggs! Happy hatching.[COLOR=008080]Set my first tray full of eggs in my new Ova-Easy 190 incubator![/COLOR][COLOR=008080] I guess this is officially a "test hatch" before the Easter Hatch-along...[/COLOR]
