Hatchers Anonymous *Official Thread*

[Wynette]

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Yes, it IS most definitely depressing! You put all that time & feed into them, to get a measly $5 a bird. I certainly wouldn't do it if I didn't enjoy it so much, though! It's just a hobby for me.

Okay, so now I'm thinking you must be in a warm climate to be able to market chicks in December!

LUCKY!!!

 

[Sumatra503]

Coos Bay does have a pretty mild Climate, but it's not a warm climate.

I haven't ever tried to market them for Christmas before, but others have and had great success. People will buy anything for their kids on christmas. Especially a pet. I will also be hatching a few buttons around then as well.

 

[BunnyMomma]

Hi, Bunny here!
I candled my 23 silkie eggs (Day 5) and I See Veins and little chik embryos forming!

I think all of them but one looks good.

One of the eggs looks like it has two yolks but there are still veins. It will be a high risk eggie. I can't see through the other one as well. I also have 8 Blue Orpington eggs and the shell is so dark it is hard to see much. They are larger eggs. This is the first time i've incubated eggs and I'm so excited I could pee myself!

I am already planning my next batch of eggs!

We built our incubator out of a kitchen cabinet that goes over a refrigerator. I had some trouble at first with the temperature but I was able to fix it, thank goodness. It is working like a charm now.
Anybody else candle eggs today?
Bunny

 

[BlueBirdChick]

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yep its pretty exciting heheheheheee. Umm it could be a double yoke means two babies

somone has hatched a double yoker and got two babies out of it. She had to help them hatch but they survived

there should be a thing on the forum or someone who knows about double yokes

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I candled my blue & splash polish eggs I started out with 8 but down to 4 and 3 out of 4 are growing like weeds. One I think has stopped but they go on lock down this week and so do my crele old english games .... My friend is going to send me some eggs from his hens next week.

Its never done lol its addictive to say the least

 

[donnie]

i think i may need to join this thread , i have well over 100 chicks in the brooders , and i have 4 incubators full and my friend has three trays of eggs due to hatch for me that are in his cabinet ,

so do you think this qualifies me for this thread

or

is it that i go to a chicken auction and have well over 100 grown birds and buy more birds just because they look nice , lol

 

[Pemburu]

Donnie, I think it's too late for you. You're way beyond the scope of any possible rehabilitation that HA may be able to provide.

 

[BlueBirdChick]

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good grief lol
yeah your qualified for sure

 

[donnie]

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lol thanks for the info , i thought everyone could be recovered lol

 

[chickenguru]

I did take a small break from incubating. But I really have to get started again
to have pullets ready for this spring. So I have 2 dozen guinea eggs going
and 18 SLW eggs in the bator now. Will be getting a few dozen cuckoo marans
eggs next week to put in.
I did sell one of GQF incubators though. I thought it was too small so I am building
another like it only taller and with 4 settin trays and 2 hatching trays. And then I found this neat
looking old incubator made mainly from brass and copper that I just had to bid on
so maybe I will be heading to Florida the weekend to pick it up.

maybe I should have found this thread sooner.

 

[donnie]

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o wow i love it , i need one of those too