Breeding and Raising and Hatching of Barnyard Chickens!!!!!!!!!!

[ChickyChickens]

Finally got to order my incubator this week, so am excited to *hopefully* start my barnyard mix in February!

Great start for a new year!

Oooh, what bator you etting!!
Here is my bator with BArnyard Chicks that are hatching today!!!

 

[uzisuzuki]

Look at all your chicks! How adorable!

I went with the Mini Advance Brinsea. I won't be able to hatch too many at any given time due to space constraints & also because I've got an order of chicks coming in May & possible hatching eggs/chicks of 3 pure breeds that I'm very interested in adding to my flock.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Congrats chickychickens on all the fluff balls. And yay! uzisuzuki on the new bator!

 

[ChickyChickens]

Look at all your chicks! How adorable!

I went with the Mini Advance Brinsea. I won't be able to hatch too many at any given time due to space constraints & also because I've got an order of chicks coming in May & possible hatching eggs/chicks of 3 pure breeds that I'm very interested in adding to my flock.

Thanks....and there are still 20-30 eggs in threr left!!!

Congrats chickychickens on all the fluff balls. And yay! uzisuzuki on the new bator!

Thanks!!!

 

[poult]

Look at all your chicks! How adorable!

I went with the Mini Advance Brinsea. I won't be able to hatch too many at any given time due to space constraints & also because I've got an order of chicks coming in May & possible hatching eggs/chicks of 3 pure breeds that I'm very interested in adding to my flock.

That's awesome about your new incubator! I love the little brinsea's I have a little giant incubator but I like to window shop lol! I hope everything goes well! If you get the basics down of hatching it's actually not that difficult my incubator has humidity problems so I have to spray my eggs at least 1-3 times daily but it also depends on the time of year and the humidity in the room and also you have to be very careful with the adjustable temperature knob because it's very sensitive if you hardly move it it could raise 5 degrees so I usually spend about a week getting the room there in and the incubator to have a stable temperature and humidity my incubator isn't the best it's not computerized or anything special but I actually really love it for that exact reason because I have to put a lot of work into it if I truly want baby birds and that doesn't mean I will get them even if I do because you can always encounter a new problem but if my hatch goes well I feel like I truly earned them through labor and it makes me feel proud to have a flock I've worked so hard to keep healthy and happy.

 

[poult]

And beautiful chicks!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

That's awesome about your new incubator! I love the little brinsea's I have a little giant incubator but I like to window shop lol! I hope everything goes well! If you get the basics down of hatching it's actually not that difficult my incubator has humidity problems so I have to spray my eggs at least 1-3 times daily but it also depends on the time of year and the humidity in the room and also you have to be very careful with the adjustable temperature knob because it's very sensitive if you hardly move it it could raise 5 degrees so I usually spend about a week getting the room there in and the incubator to have a stable temperature and humidity my incubator isn't the best it's not computerized or anything special but I actually really love it for that exact reason because I have to put a lot of work into it if I truly want baby birds and that doesn't mean I will get them even if I do because you can always encounter a new problem but if my hatch goes well I feel like I truly earned them through labor and it makes me feel proud to have a flock I've worked so hard to keep healthy and happy.

I use a little giant too! Have you ever tried putting a couple wet sponges in the bator? I did my last hatch with the dry incubation method and at lockdown I filled the wells and added the sponges. It was nice. According to my hygrometer it stayed between 70-80%. When I needed to give it a boost I just slid the top enough to grab out a sponge, wet it and puut it back. I'm sold on the dry method and using sponges.

 

[poult]

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I use a little giant too! Have you ever tried putting a couple wet sponges in the bator? I did my last hatch with the dry incubation method and at lockdown I filled the wells and added the sponges. It was nice. According to my hygrometer it stayed between 70-80%. When I needed to give it a boost I just slid the top enough to grab out a sponge, wet it and puut it back. I'm sold on the dry method and using sponges. 

Yes I use sponges too but it's not enough my incubator without water drops to a low 28% that's hardly enough to keep a 3 day old egg living hence a lot of my clutches dying until I got my hygrometer.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Oooh, what bator you etting!! [rule]Here is my bator with BArnyard Chicks that are hatching today!!!

Cute chicks, do you happen to know what breed the gray/yellow chick is?

 

[uzisuzuki]

That's awesome about your new incubator! I love the little brinsea's I have a little giant incubator but I like to window shop lol! I hope everything goes well! If you get the basics down of hatching it's actually not that difficult my incubator has humidity problems so I have to spray my eggs at least 1-3 times daily but it also depends on the time of year and the humidity in the room and also you have to be very careful with the adjustable temperature knob because it's very sensitive if you hardly move it it could raise 5 degrees so I usually spend about a week getting the room there in and the incubator to have a stable temperature and humidity my incubator isn't the best it's not computerized or anything special but I actually really love it for that exact reason because I have to put a lot of work into it if I truly want baby birds and that doesn't mean I will get them even if I do because you can always encounter a new problem but if my hatch goes well I feel like I truly earned them through labor and it makes me feel proud to have a flock I've worked so hard to keep healthy and happy.

Humidity will most definitely be my biggest issue as Colorado is super dry, especially the area I live. I'm hoping Brinsea will ship it soonish so I have a few weeks to figure out how to run it before I want to try putting eggs in it. I went with the fully automated incubator because I have a full-time job away from the house, so I wouldn't be around enough during the week to be effective. Plus, my brain trauma is causing a lot of memory issues & having a lot of the process automated by the incubator are a few parts less for me to unintentionally forget. Although, if it weren't the middle of winter here, I'd let my half broody hen try & make a go for it herself - can't beat a natural egg hatcher!