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

[BullChick]

 

[BullChick]

Duckling is upstairs singing to herself.

 

[mlm Mike]

Mike, are you asking for your coffee?

Actually I haven't made any yet.

 

[mlm Mike]

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[mlm Mike]

Good morning everyone!

A nice thunderstorm rolled through this morning, seems to be over.

 

[BullChick]

Morning great thing about clocks mechanical or electronic they take the change rather well, me internal clock not so much.

Duckling technically woke at seven. But I put her back down, and she slept almost another two hours. Me? Hah! I did kinda doze though.

Actually I haven't made any yet.

 

[mlm Mike]

Morning great thing about clocks mechanical or electronic they take the change rather well, me internal clock not so much.

I wish I could explain time changes to the dogs, goats, and chickens.

 

[hippiestink]

Daylight Savings was last week for us, Belgium is ask-backwards and does it earlier for some reason.

@daxigait you are missing a terrible lot on FB most good sales and quality finds will be in our groups. not many even bother with CL anymore Thats why I am on FB for my pups poultry and now goats. I removed majority of family so I dont have to listen to any drama so its me and my friends from here and pups and goats and the groups are amazing, the Goat vet site and the canine vet site have been life savers here!! only vets on those sites to help, blessings to me,

Same, I never friend family and I curate a VERY limited list of friends.

Competition can work for or against you. I had 2 big hatches in March. Each time the chicks sold out in less than 2 days. In April - May there was a glut of cheap backyard mix chicks on CL and the feed stores also sold inexpensive hatchery chicks. I sold very few as chicks and ended up selling many as started pullets later in the summer. (Basically when all the people who bought feedstore chicks discovered they had some accidental males & wanted only pullets.)

We had a hatch in Aug; they sold in about 2 weeks. Then we had an unplanned hatch Sept. 22. Who would want chicks that late? I put out a CL ad as they were hatching & sold over half of them in a couple hours! I took the ad down because I actually want a male. Those are the lav orps that I recently posted. I'm growing them out and will sell them once I have selected my future rooster.

Speaking from the consumer point of view, I typically avoid buying from Craigslist/equivalents because if I notice something priced too good to be true then 75% of the time I find something wrong with it in the first month of having or using it. I'd rather buy from friends who I know take real good care of their livestock or from places recommended to me from friends who know their stuff. All my birds come from a local breeder who breeds showbirds and my late grandfather-in-law's flock. We also have a neighbor across the way from Husband's parents who breeds showbirds who is going to be liquidating their birds in the next year so when we have the space I might take their gorgeous Silkie and a few of their Marans.

sweets HS wants to know if there is a soap thread lmao

I haven't noticed one but I could sure try starting one for everyone to join if they're interested.

 

[duluthralphie]

Good morning everyone!

A nice thunderstorm rolled through this morning, seems to be over.

I remember thunderstorms....They were a thing of summer. If I can recall that long ago...

 

[duluthralphie]

Duckling technically woke at seven. But I put her down.

These actions will get you prison time!!!!