Dark Egg Breeds Thread

[geebs]

 

[kathyinmo]

Gimmee a rock, and I will try to hatch it!

(They will be ugly though!)

Naw, just luck, that's all.

 

[drom]

I can't remember what kind of incubator you are using? I know Geebs has some very creative hatching methods.

I got the plug and play because I didn't have any experience hatching-I figured I would need something fairly dummy-proof

 

[kathyinmo]

I have a cabinet style .... a Sportsman.

 

[geebs]

I have a new and very creative way for this time of year.... (broodies).. he he...

Kathinmo You are truley the overkill queen... I pay you homage

I can't compete with a 100 percent hatch..that is awesome.

Drom: I admire your bator!!! I would love to have a plug and play.. Almost broke down and got one... But then what would I do without all the fussing??? I am sooo hatched out this year!!!

 

[kathyinmo]

And I am about sick to death of broodies! NOW, I even have an Easter Egger that is sitting!

I think I have now had nine broodies! GEEEEEZZZZZ ! ! !

 

[drom]

I would have gotten a sportsman if I were hatching a lot of birds. I am on on 2 1/2 acres and my roosters are probably driving the neighbors crazy as it is.

I need to find out how to hatch a higher ratio of pullets.

 

[geebs]

I love em this time of year... They do my work for me... I just take the eggs that I want hatched and let em do the job... They are so on task...No worries about raising them and I just thing they are hardier this way... I have a group of hens sitting on about 30 eggs... ha ha.. I love to watch them divide up the babies later... It is a crack up!!

Hey Drom I heard this and it rang true for me... This spring... hatch for hens later in the spring and cockerels early on... It is my understanding... ( and I could be ooberwrong here) that you end up with a ratio toward more males early on and more females later... Anyone want to do this as a test next spring????

 

[kathyinmo]

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I only got the Sportsman because it was on Craig's List, and was cheap. It had only been used a couple times.

If you figure out how to hatch more pullets, let me know! I only got 4 (hmmmm, maybe 5?) out of those eggs. I also have 3 pens of roosters (about 30) fattening up to go to the processor with my 37 meaties. I will have a freezer full ! ! !

 

[drom]

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That's what JByrd said too I think. He said for some reason he has always gotten more pullets later.