100's of chicks and what I haven't learned

kstaven

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1. How to turn off the incubator.

2. How to quit putting pairs together to get more hatching eggs.

3. How to quit entering into new breeding projects.

4. How to quit getting hatching eggs to hatch breeds I don't have.

5. How to stay away from this forum and all you enablers!!!
 
You KNOW that these are never going to happen. I SWORE I would never go over 7 chickens, well I got 4, I have 10 in the Lavatoria tubbia, 9 in the incubator, and I still want a white silkie or two, and perhaps a salmon faverolle. There might be others.
 
"4 or 5 chickens honey, no big deal"

6 months later:
Barn with a dual coop + brooder (and heat)
6 x 24 run (growing weekly)
3 bators
2 in the house brooders
10 Laying Hens
50 (approx) multiaged chicks
2 bunnies cause "Honey" wanted them

What I've learned: I like chickens more than people

What I haven't learned: Way to long to list
 
I'll be ranging over 400 this year. Every year the numbers go up. Over 120 to winter this year after I thinned them out. You think maybe I'm addicted?
 
How are you gonna hand raise 400 chickens? I hope you have a good
moisturizer.
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Ha Ha Ha. No problems incubating that many eggs. My incubator does 380 without stacking the trays.

Local feed store loves me! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
 
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I don't think a 10 step program will work for our chick addiction. First you have to admit you have a problem, we do NOT have a problem at all. I started out telling DH I wanted 6-8 laying hens. I have over 40 chicks now....but it's not a PROBLEM.
 

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