CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

[1Chick Magnet]

will have to go check that bator out. once you start hatching let us know how good it works. will you be hatching for yourself or stuff to sell?
I have 5 broody hens right now. I am so tempted to put something underneath them.

one is a full size cochin. I have been trying to hold off as long as possible but I am weakening. it is so hard to see all the beautiful chicks everyone is hatching and not want some.

 

[DraigAthar]

I will let you know, definitely! Just hatching for myself, mostly. See, here's the plan. I have a small mixed flock right now, but I've fallen in love with specifically the Dominiques, so I want to transition over to keeping mainly Doms and try my hand at breeding them. So we need to build a little more chicken coop space, and get things set up properly. But I picked up two Dominique roos last fall, and they are just now starting to do what roos do with the girls in the mixed flock. So I've got fertile eggs, but if I hatch any of them out they'll probably be cross breeds (there are two Dom roos and two Dom hens, but the other 7 hens are various other breeds). But I'd like to give the incubator a trial run and make sure I know how to do all of this properly, so I'd kind of like to just stick some eggs in it and see how it goes. I have a couple of friends who want laying hens this spring, and they don't care what breed or if they're crosses. They just want pets that lay eggs. So I've got homes lined up for the products of a trial run, and I may just start there. Then when the extra coop space is built I'll be ready to get all-Doms set up and running. Make sense?

So I guess the short version is, for now I am just hatching for myself (and a couple of friends).

Amy

will have to go check that bator out. once you start hatching let us know how good it works. will you be hatching for yourself or stuff to sell?
I have 5 broody hens right now. I am so tempted to put something underneath them.

one is a full size cochin. I have been trying to hold off as long as possible but I am weakening. it is so hard to see all the beautiful chicks everyone is hatching and not want some.

 

[Backwoodsfarm]

I've had it for a while now... It's great, we've been hatching at 95%. No Complaints here!!!!

omg I feel envy just dripping off me.

I would love to have one of those. I can not be trusted. if I had a sportsman we would have to put an addition on the house for all the really pretty chicks that I would just have to keep.
have you had it long? do you like it?

 

[1Chick Magnet]

if the doms are your only roos I have a suggestion. you could put your dom hens in a cage in the am until they lay. collect the eggs and release the hens for the rest of the day. write on the eggs in pencil when you put them in the bator. that way you can identify the chicks when they hatch.

I will let you know, definitely! Just hatching for myself, mostly. See, here's the plan. I have a small mixed flock right now, but I've fallen in love with specifically the Dominiques, so I want to transition over to keeping mainly Doms and try my hand at breeding them. So we need to build a little more chicken coop space, and get things set up properly. But I picked up two Dominique roos last fall, and they are just now starting to do what roos do with the girls in the mixed flock. So I've got fertile eggs, but if I hatch any of them out they'll probably be cross breeds (there are two Dom roos and two Dom hens, but the other 7 hens are various other breeds). But I'd like to give the incubator a trial run and make sure I know how to do all of this properly, so I'd kind of like to just stick some eggs in it and see how it goes. I have a couple of friends who want laying hens this spring, and they don't care what breed or if they're crosses. They just want pets that lay eggs. So I've got homes lined up for the products of a trial run, and I may just start there. Then when the extra coop space is built I'll be ready to get all-Doms set up and running. Make sense?

So I guess the short version is, for now I am just hatching for myself (and a couple of friends).

Amy

 

[1Chick Magnet]

a good bator sure makes a big difference. that is a fantastic hatch rate.

I've had it for a while now... It's great, we've been hatching at 95%. No Complaints here!!!!

 

[DraigAthar]

That's a good idea, yes the two Dom roos are the only roos I have. I also have a mini-coop I could use as a breeding pen. It fits 3-4 chickens, so I could put one roo and both Dom hens in there. Only problem right now is one of the Dom hens is still just a pullet, I don't think she's even started laying yet (I haven't seen her in a box, nor have I seen any small eggs). She's 19 weeks today, so she's due any time. But I don't really want to hatch any pullet eggs, better to give her a while to get into the swing of things. Plus the roos and the Dom pullet all came from the same clutch (the older Dom hen is a hatchery bird, completely different line), so they are more than likely full siblings (which I know is not always a bad thing, but I'd have to cull carefully). So I am still plotting and scheming and trying to time everything right.

if the doms are your only roos I have a suggestion. you could put your dom hens in a cage in the am until they lay. collect the eggs and release the hens for the rest of the day. write on the eggs in pencil when you put them in the bator. that way you can identify the chicks when they hatch.

 

[1Chick Magnet]

That's a good idea, yes the two Dom roos are the only roos I have. I also have a mini-coop I could use as a breeding pen. It fits 3-4 chickens, so I could put one roo and both Dom hens in there. Only problem right now is one of the Dom hens is still just a pullet, I don't think she's even started laying yet (I haven't seen her in a box, nor have I seen any small eggs). She's 19 weeks today, so she's due any time. But I don't really want to hatch any pullet eggs, better to give her a while to get into the swing of things. Plus the roos and the Dom pullet all came from the same clutch (the older Dom hen is a hatchery bird, completely different line), so they are more than likely full siblings (which I know is not always a bad thing, but I'd have to cull carefully). So I am still plotting and scheming and trying to time everything right.

ah but the plotting and scheming is half the fun

 

[1Chick Magnet]

brandy/alexander banty lavender cochins. I bought them at a swap last year.

 

[aceschix]

Hey NH chickie people.

I have way too many chicks on the ground already.

Anyone in the market for 3 week olds?
Marans
Australorps
Wheaten Ams

Let me know!

April

 

[1Chick Magnet]

there are alot of swaps coming up. you could always bring some. a swap is a great place to sell chickens,

Hey NH chickie people.

I have way too many chicks on the ground already.

Anyone in the market for 3 week olds?
Marans
Australorps
Wheaten Ams

Let me know!

April