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[samsr]

Has anyone heard anything on the chicken adoption activities at that Grant Family Farms just north of Greeley. My wife kids and I are thinking about making the treck up tomorrow. I may give them a call and make sure they are still doing this. If they are how many people around the colorado springs fountain area would like me to pick up a few for them also? You could just come tby my house, south of fountain, ,when we get back to pick them up. I would be picking up two for myself as this is all I have room for at the moment. Now I just have to find some more boxes to put them all in. We would be taking my durango, so they wouldnt get too fluffed up due to the wind.

 

[samsr]

according to their web site, The adoption was held Friday and Saturday and there is a fee to do this also. It would be $5 a hen if getting more than six hens. I am waiting for a reply to the e-mail I sent them about tomorrow. I will let you guys know.

 

[Pozees]

according to their web site, The adoption was held Friday and Saturday and there is a fee to do this also. It would be $5 a hen if getting more than six hens. I am waiting for a reply to the e-mail I sent them about tomorrow. I will let you guys know.

Please keep us posted. It was my understanding they were done today, but if they are willing to give you more hens I will pitch in, as I offered before.

 

[kmatt87]

No, cedar can release vapors that are harmful to chicken lungs.

ugh! thats what i thought..... i wish i had thought of that when it was being put in the coop! my 4 and 6 yr old were in charge of that today..... Its mixed with some pine, pdz and DE so hopefully its not too harmful to them before i can get something else in there. Soonest i can get anything is tomorrow afternoon.

 

[kmatt87]

does anyone have silkies in a flock with their reg layers? Can they be in a coop together? Do the silkies need lower roosts or have different requirements then the layers? I want a silkie, but have no room....so this is just for future plans. lol

 

[Adam7]

So I found this incubator for $40. The lady says she doesn't know what brand it is, here is the half-a picture I got from her. Can any one tell me what this is? Should I just buy it and risk findin out later? $40 sounds. Like a good deal for a cabinet incubator

 

[Pozees]

So I found this incubator for $40. The lady says she doesn't know what brand it is, here is the half-a picture I got from her. Can any one tell me what this is? Should I just buy it and risk findin out later? $40 sounds. Like a good deal for a cabinet incubator

I am no expert on cabinet incubators, so this might be the real deal, but it looks to me like a homemade incubator using a compact fridge - the racks look like refrigerator racks. That doesn't mean it won't work perfectly fine, of course, but I'd bring a thermometer and plug it in and test it. Tedious, I know - actually I would ask her to plug it in an hour before you arrive, then put your thermometer inside.

 

[Pozees]

does anyone have silkies in a flock with their reg layers? Can they be in a coop together? Do the silkies need lower roosts or have different requirements then the layers? I want a silkie, but have no room....so this is just for future plans. lol

I don't right this minute but have kept large fowl and bantams together in the past with no problems.

 

[Adam7]

I am no expert on cabinet incubators, so this might be the real deal, but it looks to me like a homemade incubator using a compact fridge - the racks look like refrigerator racks.  That doesn't mean it won't work perfectly fine, of course, but I'd bring a thermometer and plug it in and test it.  Tedious, I know - actually I would ask her to plug it in an hour before you arrive, then put your thermometer inside.

She also said it comes with a repti pro thermometer and hydrometer. Ill have her do that and ill check it. What do you think? Would you try it if it holds temp? Or should I buy something else?

 

[Pozees]

She also said it comes with a repti pro thermometer and hydrometer. Ill have her do that and ill check it. What do you think? Would you try it if it holds temp? Or should I buy something else?

Well, for me, because I work, I am not home to turn eggs during the day, so I rely on an automatic turner. If the inner dimensions are sufficient to accommodate a turner, which you can buy separately, I think they are around $45-ish, and if there is a viewing window somewhere, I would consider it. Did she say whether there was a fan? Or is it still air? Still air usually have more hot and cold spots, but even the ones with fans will have varying temperatures. I just finished reading a discussion about incubators which suggested moving eggs around in the incubator throughout the 3 weeks so none was continuously subjected to the warmest or coldest spot.

I know there are differences between hatching reptiles and poultry, but I've never hatched reptiles so I don't really know what the differences are. Hopefully someone else will chime in with other things to consider.