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

[BantyChooks]

You have that backwards...I am saint for staying with her all these years..

 

[Wickedchicken6]

You have that backwards...I am saint for staying with her all these years..

I'm sorry...but I have to side with what Banty has conveyed below.

 

[Faraday40]

I wish they'd take their bins of 1.50 chicks back to the south where they belong. Bad feed store! Bad!

Although it's true that many people will buy those cheap chicks in spring, I found that there are still ways to sell chicks. Hatch early BEFORE the stores have their "chick days." (Don't bother hatching April - June, or hatch them to grow out & sell later. There's no way to compete even when you have better quality.) Hatch a few in mid summer & fall. That's when people find out some of their spring pullets are actually roos and want to buy replacements. Also, people may want to get fall chicks for spring layers. In our area, bulk chick bins are only seen in April. The cost + shipping for 3-5 hatchery chicks is high, so often friends of my past customers contact me asking if I have a couple pullets. In fact most of the people who buy my chicks are repeat customers. When they compare my big, pretty orps next to their hatchery chicks, it's an easy decision that mine become the favorites. My orps have the beauty & personality - but not the egg production. I can't blame them for wanting more than one breed.

Drawbacks: It's slow to sell chicks 2-4 at a time. Most want a selection of breeds. I only breed orpingtons, so if I hatch another breed it's always from some one else's eggs. (For which I have to pay) I can only sell straight run or grow some out & charge more for females. I give away the very young males or process them as soon as they're big enough.

 

[BantyChooks]

Although it's true that many people will buy those cheap chicks in spring, I found that there are still ways to sell chicks. Hatch early BEFORE the stores have their "chick days." (Don't bother hatching April - June, or hatch them to grow out & sell later. There's no way to compete even when you have better quality.) Hatch a few in mid summer & fall. That's when people find out some of their spring pullets are actually roos and want to buy replacements. Also, people may want to get fall chicks for spring layers. In our area, bulk chick bins are only seen in April. The cost + shipping for 3-5 hatchery chicks is high, so often friends of my past customers contact me asking if I have a couple pullets. In fact most of the people who buy my chicks are repeat customers. When they compare my big, pretty orps next to their hatchery chicks, it's an easy decision that mine become the favorites. My orps have the beauty & personality - but not the egg production. I can't blame them for wanting more than one breed.

Drawbacks: It's slow to sell chicks 2-4 at a time. Most want a selection of breeds. I only breed orpingtons, so if I hatch another breed it's always from some one else's eggs. (For which I have to pay) I can only sell straight run or grow some out & charge more for females. I give away the very young males or process them as soon as they're big enough.

Thanks! That's a good idea, I typically only start to hatch when it's warming up [may] and by then the feed store gets chooks in. I'll try setting some earlier.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Those stores know what their birds are worth....The problem is most buyers do not.

Actually... it is a master plan. A sales promotion.
They sell feed & everything you need to raise Backyard chickens. How can you sell more feed and chicken related items if not everyone has chickens? I have an Idea! (says the RK Marketing dept) "If we sell chicks at a super low price, impulsive shoppers will swoop them up and we will have a ton of new chicken owners entering the picture". GUESS WHAT???? All those new chicken owners need waterers, meds, feed, pans, tractors.. on and on and on and on... Now the newbies let their chicks die and have all this chicken related items laying around. If you first don't succeed, try try again.. "Hey! I learned from my mistakes and not going to let them die this time!" HONEY! what dear? CAN YOU STOP BY RK ON YOUR WAY HOME TONITE AND BUY SOME FEED? WE ARE LOW..yes dear..


I am wetting a dry chick to remove the turtle shell right now. The last 4 had an Elmers Glue thingy going on. Two of them are micro tiny from micro tiny eggs produced from a very young new mother. So small.. so cute. They look like duckies.
Here is turtle going under the clean process.

Wanna see smoked bacon? A little over nine hours into it. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE FLAVOR.. you can't over cook pork belly during indirect cooking. Bacon is lard.

The ham has reached safe temp and is resting in the kitchen. Just got done with my daily stuff. After cleaning sticky chickies, it's em-connie's tyme. The phone is off the hook..

 

[ronott1]

Actually... it is a master plan. A sales promotion.
They sell feed & everything you need to raise Backyard chickens. How can you sell more feed and chicken related items if not everyone has chickens? I have an Idea! (says the RK Marketing dept) "If we sell chicks at a super low price, impulsive shoppers will swoop them up and we will have a ton of new chicken owners entering the picture". GUESS WHAT???? All those new chicken owners need waterers, meds, feed, pans, tractors.. on and on and on and on... Now the newbies let their chicks die and have all this chicken related items laying around. If you first don't succeed, try try again.. "Hey! I learned from my mistakes and not going to let them die this time!" HONEY! what dear? CAN YOU STOP BY RK ON YOUR WAY HOME TONITE AND BUY SOME FEED? WE ARE LOW..yes dear..


I am wetting a dry chick to remove the turtle shell right now. The last 4 had an Elmers Glue thingy going on. Two of them are micro tiny from micro tiny eggs produced from a very young new mother. So small.. so cute. They look like duckies.
Here is turtle going under the clean process.
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Wanna see smoked bacon? A little over nine hours into it. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE FLAVOR.. you can't over cook pork belly during indirect cooking. Bacon is lard.
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The ham has reached safe temp and is resting in the kitchen. Just got done with my daily stuff. After cleaning sticky chickies, it's em-connie's tyme. The phone is off the hook..

Were the eggs they hatched from shipped?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Were the eggs they hatched from shipped?

Those were my eggs... my post was 3 unrelated events... I was on a summary rant.
hash tag bacon.
hash tag abandoned chicks.
hash tag Rural King takes a loss on their chicks but recovers it by moving inventory.
hash tag em-connie's phone is really un plugged.
Hash tag HI RON!

 

[BantyChooks]

Those were my eggs... my post was 3 unrelated events... I was on a summary rant.
hash tag bacon.
hash tag abandoned chicks.
hash tag Rural King takes a loss on their chicks but recovers it by moving inventory.
hash tag em-connie's phone is really un plugged.
Hash tag HI RON!

Hash tag? Is that like a hash brown?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Hash tag? Is that like a hash brown?

HI BANTS!
LK whats resting in my kitchen while I keep soap-boxing with my friends...
Smoked Butt.

Butt portion Ham slow smoked with bacon dripping on it all day long. It has to cool down (rest) before cutting it open. Side dishes simmering, fireplace toasting.. my clothes stinking...
Google Berkshire pork..
BTW, need chicks? I can chuck em over the border wall. They have wings kinda..

 

[BantyChooks]

HI BANTS!
LK whats resting in my kitchen while I keep soap-boxing with my friends...
Smoked Butt.
View attachment 1196652
Butt portion Ham slow smoked with bacon dripping on it all day long. It has to cool down (rest) before cutting it open. Side dishes simmering, fireplace toasting.. my clothes stinking...
Google Berkshire pork..
BTW, need chicks? I can chuck em over the border wall. They have wings kinda..

Yummy!

I can't think of anything I need less of than chicks right now. Wanna toss feed over instead?

Unless you have PC... I'd take those.