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

[duluthralphie]

Sooo in love with the cuteness!!!

What cuteness?

 

[duluthralphie]

Name him Ralphie!!!

Compost is a good name.

 

[dan26552]

What cuteness?

That's a chick, like I said she's breeding swimming chickens so you can enjoy them too.

 

[meltel]

Name him Ralphie!!!

I'm assuming it's a "him" because I'll let you guess right where he likes to cuddle

 

[BantyChooks]

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[kwhites634]

Quote: Your hands. Didn't you say earlier they're your best feature?

 

[Phage]

Just remember. chicks from hatcheries sell for about $3 a chick and they are not mixes. So I would expect for you to get $1.50-$2.00 a chick for straight run mixed breed. I would start seeing if there  is local interest to buy them-I'm not sure where you take them to sell or what the market is like in your area. also remember if you sell at point of lay, think of how much money you spend on feed and their care and how much you can get per bird... You might actually lose money 

here we have a swap/sale at our tractor supply and even people 2or3 hours away come.I payed 5 dollars at chick for pure breeds cochin that turned out not cochin.

If you are hatching mutts for profit you may cover the electricity the incubator uses. It will not make you a load of money.

If you are doing it for fun then fabulous - have fun, and accept that it is for fun

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I'm exhausted. I just spent the past couple hours making dividers, seperating birds, and setting up nests and waterers. Finally, I have my lavender ameraucanas, CCL, and silkies seperated. I even scrubbed up the dirty rabbit hutch, set it up, and moved my broody and her baby there for a safe place for the next week or two. I'm ready to crash now but gotta make supper for the kids. At least I'll be getting some pure eggs in a couple weeks.

 

[meltel]

Look at her go!!!

 

[meltel]

Your hands. Didn't you say earlier they're your best feature?