It has begun

[Tumbling K]

ok.

so I'm not proud I did it.......

a little bit ashamed.......

but last night, while turning the eggs, I candled a few.

saw moving stuff!!

had one or two, where it looked like the yolk had gotten significant'y larger, but no veining could be seen?

had one or two, that looked like growth, but no black dot in the center, but could see veining.

then had some, where everything was readily apparent.

okay, I candled all of them!!

(hangs head in shame)

 

[Gone-Quackers]

so this morning I have begun my journey down the dark and treacherous path of incubating.




I will try to use this thread as a tracking of my many mistakes along the way. For now, focus will be on hatching production birds, mostly egg layers, but for sure may delve into some meat or dual purpose birds as well. Unfortunately, because of you evil people, I've become enlightened to the fact of pretty colored eggs. Also some of you depraved crack dealers have also shown me some very colorful and pretty feathered birds. Still other of you nefarious people have shown me how much fun it is for all the other fowl.

thank you all very much. The addiction is rising.

The current plan is to start with some cheap, mixed breed fertile eggs, on the first and maybe even the second runs. Then focus on the specific pure breeds I want to produce the various sex linked birds I would like for egg production. Then progress to incubating and hatching the sex linked eggs.


today, one small Hovabator, tomorrow?


THE WORLD!!!!!!



BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

That's the model I'm planning to order this week. I shall join you in overpopulating my yard with birds until my neighbors fear for my sanity!

Good luck and enjoy the ride!

 

[Tumbling K]

That's the model I'm planning to order this week. I shall join you in overpopulating my yard with birds until my neighbors fear for my sanity!

Good luck and enjoy the ride!

don't do it!!!!

I can already feel the hunger pangs, of wanting to do more and more.

And not just chickens!!! there's ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, quail, and peacocks!!!

DON'T YOU SEE?!?!?!?!?!


once it grabs hold of you, you can never escape!!!

Dont' look to anyone on this site to help you with your addiction!! they are all enablers. They offer you free eggs, and encouragement, and even advice on how to hatch, raise, then hatch again!!! It's a never ending cycle of support, and enabling!!!


It's too late for me, but please save yourself. I will try to hold them off as long as I can.

 

[WVduckchick]

ok.

so I'm not proud I did it.......

a little bit ashamed.......

but last night, while turning the eggs, I candled a few.

saw moving stuff!!

had one or two, where it looked like the yolk had gotten significant'y larger, but no veining could be seen?

had one or two, that looked like growth, but no black dot in the center, but could see veining.

then had some, where everything was readily apparent.

okay, I candled all of them!!

(hangs head in shame)

Its great to know you have growing little fluffy-butts in there!

(more fuel for the addiction!)

 

[Tumbling K]

Its great to know you have growing little fluffy-butts in there!

(more fuel for the addiction!)

watch this one Gone-Quackers, she is a professional enabler........there are others too.

you'll know them by their helpfulness.......

 

[WVduckchick]

watch this one Gone-Quackers, she is a professional enabler........there are others too.

you'll know them by their helpfulness.......

Well yes, I do like to help.......... others....... be overrun....... by chickens....and any other hatchables......... like me.....

 

[Gone-Quackers]

watch this one Gone-Quackers, she is a professional enabler........there are others too.

you'll know them by their helpfulness.......

And proud of it!

 

[Gone-Quackers]

don't do it!!!!

I can already feel the hunger pangs, of wanting to do more and more.

And not just chickens!!! there's ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, quail, and peacocks!!!

DON'T YOU SEE?!?!?!?!?!


once it grabs hold of you, you can never escape!!!

Dont' look to anyone on this site to help you with your addiction!! they are all enablers. They offer you free eggs, and encouragement, and even advice on how to hatch, raise, then hatch again!!! It's a never ending cycle of support, and enabling!!!


It's too late for me, but please save yourself. I will try to hold them off as long as I can.

Too late! I was addicted as a young child. Guess who had her bedroom filled with incubators and brooders almost year round from the age of 4? Yup, my parents addicted me. Vicious cycle, after 15 yrs birdless I finally managed to move somewhere they were allowed. Oh yeah. . .

 

[Knigge]

Y'all are enablers! I'm glad I found this helpful thread. But Bert is right. If you get in now you may never leave lol. I'm also on my first hatch and already planning on what else I can try hatching. I have local enablers too. My neighbor wants me to incubate her duck eggs and another local person has unlimited duck and turkey eggs for me. I'm excited...Kids are excited...hubs is not as thrilled lol. especially afraid I'll want to keep them all. Silly guy he doesn't know he promised to make me breeding A-frame which will leave more room in my coop lol.

 

[Tumbling K]

we are all doomed!!!!