Halloween/Thanksgiving Hatch-a-Long 2019

[Pennys Mama]

This is kind of a random question but how long do Myshire’s eggs usually take to get here and/or when does he usually ship them out? Right away or?? Trying to decide if I should order some quail eggs to set with the chicken eggs and when I should order them so I can set them 3 days after the chicken ones haha

@Myshire Farm Quail ships fast, it was just a few days after the auctions and my eggs were here, they arrived before my new Incubator!

I won’t!! Maybe. Tbh quail cages are probably way easier and faster to build than a whole new chicken coop. And I was just thinking cause I’m still gonna have tons of room in the incubator...

I have a hatching addiction already and want to fill it

But I don’t want to waste money having birds die cause of my inexperience with it being my first hatch and all.

So I think I will wait on the quail until I have more hatching experience and/or until spring.

I have a feeling this is going to be a COLD winter so I should probably wait. Pretty sure it is going to be very very snowy too. We are due for a real winter. Been very mild recently.

So I’ll probably just get chickens.

Thought about calling and adding more chicken eggs to the order though

But I won’t.

I'm not brave enough to mix the types of eggs in the Incubator, I don't want to screw up the hatch & everyone die!

They will all die if you order eggs.
Every one of them...a slow and painful death.

I think I will if I have to tend 3 (at least) separate animal pens in the middle of winter.

I have goats, ducks, guineas, quail, chickens, and dogs......
What was I thinking????

*note to self* when winter is coming and you only want to have a small hatch......don’t set so many of your own eggs!!!! over 40 in the brooder and they are still hatching!!!

*note to self* Don't ever order eggs again when you don't have adequate housing available in advance, or Incubators for that matter!

my main issue is that I’m pretty much at max capacity in the aviary....my room isn’t built yet and I can’t throw them outside at 2-3 weeks in winter so grow-out space for 50 is going to be an issue......i’m going to have to get creative!!!

You & me both!!!

I have to work on my house for my chicks tomorrow

I've been working on the quail pens. I don't know what I'll do if I have a decent hatch out of these 89 that I set! Where am I gonna put the little buggers???

 

[janiedoe]

you’re not late.....thanksgiving hatch still has a few days until set! my only chicken cross breeding experience is buff orpington cockerel with silkie pullets! made some beautiful babies.....so i’m sure your plans would go well too!

I'd like to see pictures of those too.

 

[ShrekDawg]

@Myshire Farm Quail ships fast, it was just a few days after the auctions and my eggs were here, they arrived before my new Incubator!

Oh wow that’s fast!!

And oh boy

Hopefully the incubator got there soon after!?

I think I will wait to order quail until spring or at least a while longer haha

I'm not brave enough to mix the types of eggs in the Incubator, I don't want to screw up the hatch & everyone die!

Yeah, I’m not sure I’m brave enough either haha I probably won’t do it.

But thankfully I think quail and chickens have similar heat and humidity requirements so it’d work out probably. Just quail hatch sooner. I wouldn’t try to mix like duck and quail or chickens I don’t think haha

X2!!

Kiki is hilarious.

I have goats, ducks, guineas, quail, chickens, and dogs......
What was I thinking????

OMG!!

Although tbh I want all of those eventually

Well, except maybe guineas (way too loud lol). But then add on sheep, horses, cats, rabbits, and fish and possibly turkeys

Currently I only have one chicken coop, 4 goldfish (inside atm), and an indoor cat.

But soon I will have a second chicken pen.

And I want quail next.

Or rabbits.

And I really, really want goats and/or sheep.

And maybe a barn cat or two.

I want an entire farm.

I think quail and a dog will be next though. I really need a dog in the house again.

But I might get more chickens before quail. Maybe hatch some sex links in the spring so I can keep them with these unvaccinated chicks. And start making a laying flock to sell eggs maybe.

Then quail.

But actually I need to build a fish pond first for my goldfish. They outgrew their current tank a while ago

I actually have a pond shell I’m gonna use, just gotta buy the filters and stuff.

But I gotta wait till spring now cause you’re not supposed to move fish out in the fall. They need time to adjust and get ready for winter.

So for now I might need to just buy a bigger tank and/or do more water changes ha

Sorry, now I’m rambling.

Anyway, point being, I only have one outdoor animal pen to take care of now thankfully but I’m soon going to have two (two chicken pens) and if I add quail, that’s a ton more. Although I might keep those in the garage.

*note to self* Don't ever order eggs again when you don't have adequate housing available in advance, or Incubators for that matter!

You & me both!!!

You seem like you’ve got it mostly figured out now though!!

I've been working on the quail pens. I don't know what I'll do if I have a decent hatch out of these 89 that I set! Where am I gonna put the little buggers???View attachment 1950272 View attachment 1950273

Those cages are AWESOME!! I am jealous!! I wish I was a good builder.

 

[muddy75]

meet the wonder twins!

I'd like to see pictures of those too.

 

[ShrekDawg]

View attachment 1950303 meet the wonder twins!

I LOVE them!!!

 

[Pennys Mama]

Oh wow that’s fast!!

And oh boy

Hopefully the incubator got there soon after!?

I think I will wait to order quail until spring or at least a while longer haha



Yeah, I’m not sure I’m brave enough either haha I probably won’t do it.

But thankfully I think quail and chickens have similar heat and humidity requirements so it’d work out probably. Just quail hatch sooner. I wouldn’t try to mix like duck and quail or chickens I don’t think haha



X2!!

Kiki is hilarious.



OMG!!

Although tbh I want all of those eventually

Well, except maybe guineas (way too loud lol). But then add on sheep, horses, cats, rabbits, and fish and possibly turkeys

Currently I only have one chicken coop, 4 goldfish (inside atm), and an indoor cat.

But soon I will have a second chicken pen.

And I want quail next.

Or rabbits.

And I really, really want goats and/or sheep.

And maybe a barn cat or two.

I want an entire farm.

I think quail and a dog will be next though. I really need a dog in the house again.

But I might get more chickens before quail. Maybe hatch some sex links in the spring so I can keep them with these unvaccinated chicks. And start making a laying flock to sell eggs maybe.

Then quail.

But actually I need to build a fish pond first for my goldfish. They outgrew their current tank a while ago

I actually have a pond shell I’m gonna use, just gotta buy the filters and stuff.

But I gotta wait till spring now cause you’re not supposed to move fish out in the fall. They need time to adjust and get ready for winter.

So for now I might need to just buy a bigger tank and/or do more water changes ha

Sorry, now I’m rambling.

Anyway, point being, I only have one outdoor animal pen to take care of now thankfully but I’m soon going to have two (two chicken pens) and if I add quail, that’s a ton more. Although I might keep those in the garage.







You seem like you’ve got it mostly figured out now though!!




Those cages are AWESOME!! I am jealous!! I wish I was a good builder.

I want some white turkeys, maybe in the spring.
I am not a good builder, but I am an imaginative one. Things don't always work out like I have them in my head, but they're usually functional.

View attachment 1950303 meet the wonder twins!

I like!!! What breed are they, they're nicely colored!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I want some white turkeys, maybe in the spring.
I am not a good builder, but I am an imaginative one. Things don't always work out like I have them in my head, but they're usually functional.


I like!!! What breed are they, they're nicely colored!

I would love to raise my own turkeys to eat too! Bet they’d be tasty.

But they also just have such cool personalities I kinda want some as pets.

You seem like a good builder to me!! Lol not sure I could do that!!

But then again I wouldn’t know cause I’ve never built anything.

And sorry for my massive novel earlier.

 

[FortCluck]

I would love to raise my own turkeys to eat too! Bet they’d be tasty.

But they also just have such cool personalities I kinda want some as pets.

You seem like a good builder to me!! Lol not sure I could do that!!

But then again I wouldn’t know cause I’ve never built anything.

And sorry for my massive novel earlier.

I'm getting 4 this spring so we have them for Thanksgiving

 

[FortCluck]

My husband moved the chick I saved today into the brooder. He says it's doing good, I'm not home for the night.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'm getting 4 this spring so we have them for Thanksgiving

Awesome!! I would love to grow my own Thanksgiving turkeys.

But tbh I think I would get so attached I wouldn’t be able to eat them.

Turkeys are so personable. I’ve even befriended wild ones.