- Jul 17, 2013
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Hi there! I am a new mom to 2 quail so far. We are hatching 11 bobwhite eggs. I didn't think they would hatch because I did so many things wrong. The person I got the eggs from had a terribly low hatch rate from this clutch so we will see how mine do. It is day 2 and so far 2 are alive, 1 died in its shell, 1 died after I did a hatch assist, and I am going to poke holes in the top of the eggs today. I didn't have a hygrometer- I am assuming that is my biggest mistake. I am truly grateful for all the free help and information on this website.
I have 6 chicken hens from the local tractor supply store and 2 hens given to me by a fellow teacher who hatched eggs in her classroom. We also have recently acquired a hen and a rooster from a neighbor who lives just outside the zoning area. I live in rural Northern Michigan, Roscommon. I can't believe there are areas here that don't allow chickens. I am trying to change that. I read an article that said a town in Belgium gave every household(?) (or every adult ?) 2 hens in order to combat hunger from poverty and reduce garbage. They stated that their garbage collection was reduced by 1/3 due to people feeding food waste to the chickens. No one starved to death because every household-(?)(or adult?) had at least 2 eggs a day, many had 4 or more eggs a day. They had simple cages for the birds and they taught everyone how to take care of them. That was about 3 years ago. We have fostered chicks several times but this is the first time we intended to keep them. Well, except for the rooster. My zoning law changed in April and I have to get rid of the rooster.
I have 6 chicken hens from the local tractor supply store and 2 hens given to me by a fellow teacher who hatched eggs in her classroom. We also have recently acquired a hen and a rooster from a neighbor who lives just outside the zoning area. I live in rural Northern Michigan, Roscommon. I can't believe there are areas here that don't allow chickens. I am trying to change that. I read an article that said a town in Belgium gave every household(?) (or every adult ?) 2 hens in order to combat hunger from poverty and reduce garbage. They stated that their garbage collection was reduced by 1/3 due to people feeding food waste to the chickens. No one starved to death because every household-(?)(or adult?) had at least 2 eggs a day, many had 4 or more eggs a day. They had simple cages for the birds and they taught everyone how to take care of them. That was about 3 years ago. We have fostered chicks several times but this is the first time we intended to keep them. Well, except for the rooster. My zoning law changed in April and I have to get rid of the rooster.
