Dug out the ole incubator

[Dogwood Farm]

Been a couple years since we've incubated eggs but it was so much fun and I thought how much more fun to hatch eggs from my chickens. Last time I got from someone else. We thought we had taken care of all the roosters a couple years ago but seems one escaped so we hopefully have fertilized eggs. At least we shall see.

 

[sonjab314]

Welcome back to the dark side bwahaha. I can't stop incubating

 

[Duramaxgirl]

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To funny! I can't stop either... ahhhhh I'm addicted.
To OP, What kind of bator do you have?

 

[paddock36]

Me too. I just buy eggs from someone else at a swap or the auction to incubate, keep what I want and sell off the rest. I'm incubating some EE's and brown eggs from unknown mixed breeds....I can't wait to see what I get from the bunch...

 

[TinyLittleFarm]

We're setting our very first eggs later today. I'm already trying to figure the max I can put there before DH files divorce papers. I am so excited.

 

[sonjab314]

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Tell him you were filling up the water trays and water accidentally got on some of the eggs and *POOF* they all doubled right before your very eyes

 

[Dogwood Farm]

I feel so normal here. There is just nothing more fun to me then hearing those first pips and knowing they are coming.

 

[TinyLittleFarm]

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Tell him you were filling up the water trays and water accidentally got on some of the eggs and *POOF* they all doubled right before your very eyes

Well, I'm just relying on chicken math. This is the first run of hatching for DDs science fair project. We have 3 breeds she is hatching. She wants at least one chick to hatch of each. Since it's our first hatch, I'm guessing only maybe 1/3 will hatch, so that's 9 eggs, right? Plus, half will be roos and we only need pullets, so that brings us up to 18. I don't even HAVE 18 eggs right now, so we figure we better just throw everything we've got in there and hope we at least get one or two chicks. We are just squeaking by based on chicken math!

Nevermind that I told him we intend on giving away all the chicks anyway...