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

[Jessimom]

Good evening everyone!! Congrats on the hatches!

My brood momma is still doing a great job. I love that I have NO chicks in my house. My favorite mottled little chick is possibly a girl. I had 7 blue SBs, 2 splash. 1 splash and several of the blues are getting some distinct combs. 1 splash, my mottled blue and a couple of others are missing any sign of a comb. They are only 3 weeks old, so I am not kicking anyone out just yet. But I'm hoping!!

I didn't really want to buy a new chicken coop. I want to someday expand my silkie pen. But, I belong to a farming co-op on facebook. You buy chances on things, and if your number is called you get the item. I bought a few chances on a coop. $20. I won it. So, now I have this coming.

This is much nicer than what my silkies currently have, so I have to figure out how to integrate this with their current coop. Not bad for $20.....

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Nice score!!!
It won't keep weasels out but it looks very secure for aerial and other ground predators.

 

[BullChick]

Good evening everyone!! Congrats on the hatches!

My brood momma is still doing a great job. I love that I have NO chicks in my house. My favorite mottled little chick is possibly a girl. I had 7 blue SBs, 2 splash. 1 splash and several of the blues are getting some distinct combs. 1 splash, my mottled blue and a couple of others are missing any sign of a comb. They are only 3 weeks old, so I am not kicking anyone out just yet. But I'm hoping!!

I didn't really want to buy a new chicken coop. I want to someday expand my silkie pen. But, I belong to a farming co-op on facebook. You buy chances on things, and if your number is called you get the item. I bought a few chances on a coop. $20. I won it. So, now I have this coming.

This is much nicer than what my silkies currently have, so I have to figure out how to integrate this with their current coop. Not bad for $20.....

That is literally the coop I’ve been drooling over weekly for months.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Good evening everyone!! Congrats on the hatches!

My brood momma is still doing a great job. I love that I have NO chicks in my house. My favorite mottled little chick is possibly a girl. I had 7 blue SBs, 2 splash. 1 splash and several of the blues are getting some distinct combs. 1 splash, my mottled blue and a couple of others are missing any sign of a comb. They are only 3 weeks old, so I am not kicking anyone out just yet. But I'm hoping!!

I didn't really want to buy a new chicken coop. I want to someday expand my silkie pen. But, I belong to a farming co-op on facebook. You buy chances on things, and if your number is called you get the item. I bought a few chances on a coop. $20. I won it. So, now I have this coming.

This is much nicer than what my silkies currently have, so I have to figure out how to integrate this with their current coop. Not bad for $20.....

Congratulations! That's so awesome!

 

[ronott1]

Good evening everyone!! Congrats on the hatches!

My brood momma is still doing a great job. I love that I have NO chicks in my house. My favorite mottled little chick is possibly a girl. I had 7 blue SBs, 2 splash. 1 splash and several of the blues are getting some distinct combs. 1 splash, my mottled blue and a couple of others are missing any sign of a comb. They are only 3 weeks old, so I am not kicking anyone out just yet. But I'm hoping!!

I didn't really want to buy a new chicken coop. I want to someday expand my silkie pen. But, I belong to a farming co-op on facebook. You buy chances on things, and if your number is called you get the item. I bought a few chances on a coop. $20. I won it. So, now I have this coming.

This is much nicer than what my silkies currently have, so I have to figure out how to integrate this with their current coop. Not bad for $20.....

That is fantastic!

 

[Pensmaster]

Good evening everyone!! Congrats on the hatches!

My brood momma is still doing a great job. I love that I have NO chicks in my house. My favorite mottled little chick is possibly a girl. I had 7 blue SBs, 2 splash. 1 splash and several of the blues are getting some distinct combs. 1 splash, my mottled blue and a couple of others are missing any sign of a comb. They are only 3 weeks old, so I am not kicking anyone out just yet. But I'm hoping!!

I didn't really want to buy a new chicken coop. I want to someday expand my silkie pen. But, I belong to a farming co-op on facebook. You buy chances on things, and if your number is called you get the item. I bought a few chances on a coop. $20. I won it. So, now I have this coming.

This is much nicer than what my silkies currently have, so I have to figure out how to integrate this with their current coop. Not bad for $20.....

Awesome on the chicks and coop.

 

[Jessimom]

Thank you everyone!! I really, really didn't expect this win. There were 290 chances, and I only had 4 of them.

Nice score!!!
It won't keep weasels out but it looks very secure for aerial and other ground predators.

I don't think I've ever seen a weasle, but I did notice the gaps in the fencing. So, there will be some modifications. Probably adding some vents to the coop, adding a closable door at the top of that ramp, and closing up the gaps along the fencing where the panels join. But of all the coops I've bought, rather than built myself, this has the best fencing of them all.

That is literally the coop I’ve been drooling over weekly for months.

Sorry!! But, the best part of this was the $20 INCLUDES the shipping....

 

[BullChick]

Probably adding some vents to the coop, adding a closable door at the top of that ramp, and closing up the gaps along the fencing where the panels join. But of all the coops I've bought, rather than built myself, this has the best fencing of them all.

I saw that TSC now has vents and doors on the main coops. It’s definitely important.

 

[BullChick]

Okay, leaving you guys alone again.

 

[Jessimom]

I saw that TSC now has vents and doors on the main coops. It’s definitely important.

To this particular coop? That would be nice. Last one I got from them, had 1 closing door, but one that didn't close. We covered it, and moved the ramp to the door that did close. At the top of the coop it was open - totally. We added some wire mesh to close it up. So, lots of ventilation, just no security.

They asked for a review, and I gave them one. It's a great coop but has those flaws. They actually replied and said that they would address those in the next coop plans.