I posted yesterday about my eleven chickens which died of heat (due to the caretakers forgetting to let them out, there was a mixup on who was doing it while we were away on vacation), including my rooster Napoleon who I adored. I have a hen left (three hens in total are left) who will be fertile and I am planning on saving some of her eggs starting next Thursday. I am going to hatch only 2 or three eggs, with the sole purpose of getting a rooster. I want him to be related to my Napoleon because he was very special to me. Normally I would wait a bit before getting more, but I don’t want to pass up the opportunity of getting a rooster from Napoleon and Christina will not be fertile for too much longer.
Even if I did plan on using an incubator to hatch more chicks later on, I only plan to do a few at a time (by the way, I am getting more chicks and the hatch date of these will be roughly timed with the purchase of new ones) so I would like something small, preferably low cost. I don’t need anything fancy and I don’t need an automatic turner (I’ll do it myself). Any suggestions?
Even if I did plan on using an incubator to hatch more chicks later on, I only plan to do a few at a time (by the way, I am getting more chicks and the hatch date of these will be roughly timed with the purchase of new ones) so I would like something small, preferably low cost. I don’t need anything fancy and I don’t need an automatic turner (I’ll do it myself). Any suggestions?