EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[FaerieChicken]

Here's a pretty picture - while it was raining I blew some of the marans eggs (Christmas is coming!). So nice and chocolatey!!!!



- Ant Farm

I NEED SOME OF THOSE!!!!

My Cuckoo's eggs are quite lighter, very dissapointed, but still love them! I really need the dark red brown ones like that, I hear BCMs are the better to get these. What Marans do you have?

 

[FaerieChicken]

My DH wants us to get goats, but the Ranch owner says no because they eat EVERYTHING..... I was like Just 1 or 2, PLEEEEASE! But we were approved for a small cow/calf personal operation, so at least we will still have meat!

 

[RodNTN]

Hi yall! I am going to be hatching this March. And boy I don't have ONE clue about hatching eggs. Does anybody have any suggestions of what type of incubator to get? Thanks!

 

[kajira]

@Sally Sunshine

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Something is wrong in this picture....... LOL ^^^^

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the baby goat enjoys chasing the chickens around the yard....

 

[Mak24456]

Hi yall! I am going to be hatching this March. And boy I don't have ONE clue about hatching eggs. Does anybody have any suggestions of what type of incubator to get? Thanks!

This thread will help a lot with all the basics you need to know

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

 

[Mak24456]

Hi yall! I am going to be hatching this March. And boy I don't have ONE clue about hatching eggs. Does anybody have any suggestions of what type of incubator to get? Thanks!

Incubators ahahaha what to choose?
Brinsea is reliable and a top brand but $$$
Homemade incubators are cheap and can be pretty good, but take a lot of experimenting
Various incubators are out there, depends on what you want and how much you're willing to spend!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

All you guys talking about having to stand in line to vote make me glad I live where I do. I swear it took longer to drive the 4 miles to the H.S. we vote at than it did to vote once I got there. Took me longer to figure out how to turn my cell phone off than it did to vote. No longer than I was there, I'd have had time to vote half a dozen times. No sign of a line at all. I can't remember standing in line to vote but once in all the years we've lived here, and that was so long ago that I'm not 100% sure it ever happened at all.

That was much better. It only took me an hour and a half. I'm sure the line would have been longer had it not been raining the whole time.

Chili is my recommendation. But it's friggin' cold where I am so i may be biased.

I had chili too.

Bagel? Toaster? What are these things?
I tried boiling water once, but it disappeared

Boiled it too long.

A toaster is a complicated machine that scorches bread (another mystery) in a controlled manner, which makes it yummy.


It is a well known fact males cannot operate these devices as they will burst into flame.

WRONG!

Chili comes in a can and is great for rainy weather.

Can?

Not homemade?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Buy any product that is 10% permethrin and a sprayer. If you buy a quart sized sprayer use 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of the insecticide and 32 ounces of water.

Didn't you say you have a computer? If so, use that instead of your phone and you will be able to find stuff easier.

-Kathy

they didn't have it so we had them order some

 

[chicken hawk 33]

they didn't have it so we had them order some

wwe got de and dicodemas eaerth and hand baithed them with it

 

[ChickenCanoe]

wwe got de and dicodemas eaerth and hand baithed them with it

DE and diatomaceous earth are the same thing.