first time with chickens

[jbillings]

Hi I am Joseph and I invite you to tag along with me on my adventure.This will be my first time with chickens.Hope it goes well and you enjoy.we recently got twenty chicken eggs from a friend we have no idea what breed they are or if they are fertile. we plan to stick them in the incubator tomorrow the 25 . hope it goes well during this we will build coops show food choices and pictures . lately i have also been thinking about raising broilers.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Hi, Joseph, and welcome to BYC! Sounds like you are jumping right into the poultry obsession with going straight into incubation. There are tons of hatch-a-holics here on BYC, you can find lots of good information on the incubation/hatching section here: http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/producers-pride-defender-chicken-coop?cm_vc=-10005 and, when you have a successful hatch you can find information for raising the chicks here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/11/raising-baby-chicks

 

[N F C]

Hi Joseph, good luck with your hatch!

 

[drumstick diva]

Nice to meet you Joseph, hope you will enjoy BYC as much as we do.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Joseph and welcome to BYC. It may be worth breaking open one of the eggs to see if its fertile. This link should help you to confirm if it is, or not -
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures


Good luck
CT

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Joseph, and

! Pleased you joined our flock! Looks like you've received some great links so I'll just say best wishes and thanks for joining BYC! Enjoy your poultry adventure!!

 

[jbillings]

thankyou so much putting the eggs in today

 

[jbillings]

figured out two of the eggs are Americanas and six are black ocelot but do not know the other 12 egg breeds

 

[jbillings]

thinking they might be black Australorp but don't know the breed