California - Northern

[casportpony]

Guess who's ordering an incubator today?

I made a little money and can afford to order it today, yay!
It should be here on the 22nd. Now all I need is to sell that chick I posted a page back so I can get some cheap Trader Joe's eggs to do my first hatch with. I've always wanted to hatch out Trader Joes eggs, never thought I'd be able to.
When should I buy my eggs? I know they need to sit on the counter for 24 hours and I should buy the freshest ones I can find. Should I just get them the day before the incubator arrives?

And the obsession begins...

Congrats!

-Kathy

 

[gander007]

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I know this chickens are the best chicken for Siberia as the handle the cold very well but they also live in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq but I have only seen them in Ukraine out side of the U.S. and their chickens were much bigger and stockier then the ones here but defiantly the same chicken breed and it only get's up to 129 F Degrees here in the summer for four weeks at the end of July and first part of August and that is outside in the shade but they handle it as I just sold my 6 and 7 year old stock and I never lost one when it was hot but they are some different kind of chickens as I catch them sitting in the ducks water buckets or standing in them if they catch me looking at them .....


I don't know what type of temp's you get but they are still walking around when my EE, RIR chickens are digging in the wet sand under the water faucet gasping for air and relief ......

 

[BCollie]

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Thanks, I will do that! I'm ordering from a seller on eBay who's sold over 200 of them and has 99.9% positive feedback, so I'm sure if there IS a problem it will be fixed quickly. It's brand new so there shouldn't be an issue, but I know that even new items can sometimes be defective.

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Thanks

 

[BCollie]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HovaBator-G...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item35c8225270
This is the one I'm getting.

 

[casportpony]

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I know this chickens are the best chicken for Siberia as the handle the cold very well but they also live in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq but I have only seen them in Ukraine out side of the U.S. and their chickens were much bigger and stockier then the ones here but defiantly the same chicken breed and it only get's up to 129 F Degrees here in the summer for four weeks at the end of July and first part of August and that is outside in the shade but they handle it as I just sold my 6 and 7 year old stock and I never lost one when it was hot but they are some different kind of chickens as I catch them sitting in the ducks water buckets or standing in them if they catch me looking at them .....


I don't know what type of temp's you get but they are still walking around when my EE, RIR chickens are digging in the wet sand under the water faucet gasping for air and relief ......
Lol, I guess if they can live in Death Valley they can probably live anywhere. Do you have any Faverolles or Cochins? I'm gonna guess that they might not do as well...

-Kathy

 

[SpringPeeper]

I know this chickens are the best chicken for Siberia as the handle the cold very well but they also live in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq but I have only seen them in Ukraine out side of the U.S. and their chickens were much bigger and stockier then the ones here but defiantly the same chicken breed and it only get's up to 129 F Degrees here in the summer for four weeks at the end of July and first part of August and that is outside in the shade but they handle it as I just sold my 6 and 7 year old stock and I never lost one when it was hot but they are some different kind of chickens as I catch them sitting in the ducks water buckets or standing in them if they catch me looking at them .....


I don't know what type of temp's you get but they are still walking around when my EE, RIR chickens are digging in the wet sand under the water faucet gasping for air and relief ......

Awesome!

 

[casportpony]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HovaBator-G...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item35c8225270
This is the one I'm getting.

Looks good!

-Kathy

 

[BCollie]

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I agree. To say I'm excited would be an understatement.

 

[casportpony]

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I agree. To say I'm excited would be an understatement.
I know how you feel, gonna clean mine and set 10 pea eggs today or tomorrow.

(also have another 30 pea eggs under broodies

)

-Kathy

 

[gander007]

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Thanks, I will do that! I'm ordering from a seller on eBay who's sold over 200 of them and has 99.9% positive feedback, so I'm sure if there IS a problem it will be fixed quickly. It's brand new so there shouldn't be an issue, but I know that even new items can sometimes be defective.

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Thanks

I hope you do better then I did as I was to have a incubator from a private seller last Monday with 150+ sales and guess what as of Wednesday no return e-mail's and no incubator and I have had items late before and I go with the flow of life but not returning an e-mail well that just get's me as it was a bit of money as I do not make it a habit to buy big ticket items on e-bay now an oil-filter or a door knob that is different .....

But good luck with you incubator ...