Anybody else waiting 'till spring?

[GracefulBantams]

I am feeling rather left out right now. See, I have vowed to wait until spring to pull out the 'bator and set some eggs. I thought I could survive this wait, since my fancy bantams aren't laying now anyway. But... then today, there was an egg in my gorgeous Hamburgs' pen! Now I know how hard it's going to be to wait!! Isn't anyone else in this delima with me, or do you all have the incubators running by now

 

[Chickenaddict]

No incubators here but a handful of broody hens, hubby forbid me to hatch any more until spring

I already tried to sneak 6 serama eggs under a hen and he caught me lol. I can definately relate

 

[tim_TX]

I never attempt new chicks anytime other than October through March. Here in Texas its easier (and cheaper) to keep them warm than cool. The above dates assume that they are going to be isolated from the others birds in a brooder house for at least 10 weeks. I typically buy a few hundred mid to late October and then another 200 in February.

 

[FrontPorchIndiana]

I'm waiting. Too cold here and no place to put them once they're ready to move outside.

 

[Dawn419]

I swore I wasn't going to do any hatching this year but I think I've lied to myself.

Now I've just gotta convince Skip to let me get some hatching eggs...

Dawn

 

[amyquilt]

Not me....I've got the disease.... Hatch-a-holic disease!!! On my 3rd hatch due tomorrow....then 36 various bantam eggs coming in the mail to me on Monday

 

[#1California Chick]

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WHOA!!! How many chickens do you have???

Cindy

 

[BirdBrain]

And here I thought you had a problem.

Save them up and into the bator they go. Of course this is strickly fertility checking and you have to know your hatch percentages. Yes, that's the ticket. Fire up the bator.

 

[ginbart]

Well I couldn't stay away from here so I have 26 live babies in the bator now. I guess I will be putting them the basement after they hatch.

 

[wegotchickens]

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DH didn't want me to hatch any this year.
But silly me, I 'volunteered' to do some test-hatches for some nice folks on BYC

Thankfully, I have homes for the ones we can't fit, if I have a wonderfully successful hatch