Arizona Chickens

[Parront]

I just started using a Masterson Sta-Wet handy Palette sponge (designed for keeping acrylic paints wet in a palette) in the water reservoir of the incubator. So far it is working great, maybe any sponge will do but I had this on my art supply shelf. I cut it to fit the reservoir- it is less that 1/4" thick once wet down.

I missed some posts, what incubator do you use? I put a wet paper towel in the one I have to raise the humidity when the ducklings were hatching. That raised it right up. The Nurture Right 360 makes it too difficult to get to the reservoir to add a sponge.

 

[CaroleW]

I missed some posts, what incubator do you use? I put a wet paper towel in the one I have to raise the humidity when the ducklings were hatching. That raised it right up. The Nurture Right 360 makes it too difficult to get to the reservoir to add a sponge.

I have a Rite Farms Pro master Series 24 egg (really holds about 18 larger eggs)
www.coopsnmore.com/products/rite-farm-products-pro-master-series-24-chicken-egg-incubator?_pos=1&_sid=851115ada&_ss=r

Very simple plastic rectangular with rollers and styrofoam liner outside the plastic shell. Also I plan to use the other half of flat sponge in my homemade incubator once I get the egg turner installed or it might just end up being the hatcher for lockdown if I wanted to do staggered hatches.

 

[CaroleW]

I have a neighbor with some fertile RIR hatching eggs if anyone is looking for that breed. I haven't seen his birds so don't know if they are production or heritage type. I think he is giving the hatching eggs away. Let me know if you'd like some if you are in the Prescott area OR if you are in Mesa/Tempe/Scottsdale area I can pick some up and bring on weekend to meetup. (Or on 1-17 between the two)

 

[Parront]

I have a neighbor with some fertile RIR hatching eggs if anyone is looking for that breed. I haven't seen his birds so don't know if they are production or heritage type. I think he is giving the hatching eggs away. Let me know if you'd like some if you are in the Prescott area OR if you are in Mesa/Tempe/Scottsdale area I can pick some up and bring on weekend to meetup. (Or on 1-17 between the two)

I have some 10 week old RIR right now, boys are probably going to freezer camp in 2 more weeks.

 

[CaroleW]

I have some 10 week old RIR right now, boys are probably going to freezer camp in 2 more weeks.

Are they big enough to make it worthwhile? I've seen them described as dual purpose but the hen I had years ago was smaller than my Black Stars who were just regular sex-link egg layers. I suppose the cockerels would be larger.

 

[cavemanrich]

My brown Leghorns had eye liner markings when they were day olds, too.

Do you own Stock in Maybeline???

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[Parront]

Are they big enough to make it worthwhile? I've seen them described as dual purpose but the hen I had years ago was smaller than my Black Stars who were just regular sex-link egg layers. I suppose the cockerels would be larger.

They are not the largest. The largest is the Marans cockerel. But they are taking up space and no one on Craig's list wants them.

 

[Parront]

Do you own Stock in Maybeline???

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No need, they have permanent eye liner!

 

[CaroleW]

Do you own Stock in Maybeline???

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On a visit to my great aunt when I was in grade school she answered the door and was finishing up her makeup - she had run out of brown eyebrow pencil and picked up another one that was black to finish next eyebrow. Shortly after that we got our next cat - a calico with 1 brown 1 black eyebrow - we named her Maybelline after that incident.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

There was quite a lightning show overnight.