Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

I would guess that asking her if she would hatch 3-5 eggs, that that would be too few to be worth it for her, or too much hassle? Since she said she doesn't have time to raise them, I'd have to take all that hatch.

If she has a higher capacity incubator, she might not want to hatch that small of a batch in it as the heat wouldn't distribute evenly. Maybe you could look for one of those smaller incubators like they use in the school class room's that hold's no more then maybe 6 or 7 eggs??

 

[springvalley123]

If she has a higher capacity incubator, she might not want to hatch that small of a batch in it as the heat wouldn't distribute evenly. Maybe you could look for one of those smaller incubators like they use in the school class room's that hold's no more then maybe 6 or 7 eggs??

Then she'd need a backup plan in case only 1 hatched.

 

[cavemanrich]

I would guess that asking her if she would hatch 3-5 eggs, that that would be too few to be worth it for her, or too much hassle? Since she said she doesn't have time to raise them, I'd have to take all that hatch.

See if the person will sell you fertile eggs,, Then you have 3 options. Get a small incubator. Find someone near you that can incubate the eggs with their batch,, Wait for one of your hens to go broody.
Last option is slightly risky, since you are not sure of when a hen will go broody,, and will stay broody the total duration to hatch out.
In my opinion,, best choice would be a small incubator.
If you can budget the NR360, that would be an excellent option,, since these incubators have excellent reviews. Then keep hatching from your hens, and sell the chicks.
You would of course have to be ready to deal with the possible 50% roosters. Not sure if you would be willing to process/eat them,, or willing to let others have for their dinner table.

 

[igorsMistress]

April...such a long wait.

It’ll be here before you know it!

 

[igorsMistress]

@Happy Novogens hatching is an option of course, but you should know that the average hatch is 50/50 pullets and cockerels. So if you have your friend hatch and don’t want a roo you’ll need to have a plan for them. It could be worse than that too; I had four of six chicks turn out to be cockerels and had to send them to freezer camp a couple of weeks ago.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

We are having a debate here... what animal is that eye from, igorsMistress?

 

[igorsMistress]

We are having a debate here... what animal is that eye from, igorsMistress?

It’s my dog Frank. He has heterochromia iridum. This is an older pic, but here’s a face shot of him with his little sister

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Wow, beautiful! (My roommate won, she said it was from a dog!)

 

[igorsMistress]

Wow, beautiful! (My roommate won, she said it was from a dog!)

Thank you! He’s a sweet boy, the human race was created to love him in his opinion.

 

[BlueBaby]

Busy week for me this week as my next door neighbor's left for Hawaii this morning, so I'm animal sitting for them again this week. My hatching egg's are in the NR 360 incubator that is holding steady. I realized yesterday that my hatch will be due on my dog Buster's birthday, but he can't have the chick's as his birthday present.

I guess that Nascar will be starting up again soon, so my hubby will be glued to the tv on the weekend's again for that.