I just want to thank all of you. I got at least 4 or 5 PMs of folks offering maran chicks or juvies.
That is so kind of all of you.
I think I have enough in the bators to replenish my flock. At least I hope so.
The AZ chicken folks are the nicest folks on the planet.
I candled today (day 4) because Mary (The Warden) said it was best to get the unfertile Icelandics out of the incubator early. I started out with a total of 82 eggs in the bators. I now have 68. 11 of those I removed were Icelandics so I still have 32 dark layers in there. That should give me at least 20 to hatch and hopefully 8-10 pullets and then a pic of roos. Plus I still have some eggs in Laree's bators so I'l be fine. Just wish the chickens I have would lay! so far this week I've gotten 17 eggs but I should have gotten twice that many with as many hens/pullets as I have Maybe they won't start up good until Feb when it starts to warm up.
At present my birds are all doing well, no sniffles, no sneezes etc.... I did pull another dead rat out of the coop yesterday but I'm watching real close.
Thanks again for all of your kindness.
That is so kind of all of you.
I think I have enough in the bators to replenish my flock. At least I hope so.
The AZ chicken folks are the nicest folks on the planet.
I candled today (day 4) because Mary (The Warden) said it was best to get the unfertile Icelandics out of the incubator early. I started out with a total of 82 eggs in the bators. I now have 68. 11 of those I removed were Icelandics so I still have 32 dark layers in there. That should give me at least 20 to hatch and hopefully 8-10 pullets and then a pic of roos. Plus I still have some eggs in Laree's bators so I'l be fine. Just wish the chickens I have would lay! so far this week I've gotten 17 eggs but I should have gotten twice that many with as many hens/pullets as I have Maybe they won't start up good until Feb when it starts to warm up.
At present my birds are all doing well, no sniffles, no sneezes etc.... I did pull another dead rat out of the coop yesterday but I'm watching real close.
Thanks again for all of your kindness.