Hatching Again! Oops! Brooding in winter

[MissPrissy]

Hatch with me, Sara!

 

[TaLani]

Miss Prissy, do you sell most of the chicks you hatch or keep them?

 

[hinkjc]

I'll hatch with you MP!

I love winter hatching. I love your bator line up too..and the poultry barn is awesome. Can't wait to see your babies.

Jody

 

[MissPrissy]

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I have sold a few, even given a handful away. Mostly we harvest the extra roosters and hope for the best with pullets as they grow out to become great layers.

I need someone to build me another pen, Jody. LOL

 

[Farmer Kitty]

I really should stop reading these hatching posts! It's months yet before I dare fireup the bator and I'm itching without reading these posts.

 

[lockedhearts]

So MP are you trying to beat my record of hatching until Dec 31????

I have more sitting on the table waiting to go in the bator........ Oh and I have more coming......

 

[SGM]

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Have you seen my poultry barn?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=57858

Wow is all I can say. And Wow about your barn too. You lucky dog!

 

[PassthePeace1]

I love winter hatching and brooding, it brings out the mother in me. Motherly instincts that is

I just set some eggs in my "new to me" used bator, that I got off of Craiglist. It's an older model of GQF Model 802 cabinet. Before I used my LG, did pretty good with it....but it was tempermental (no pun intended) at time, however this will be my first attempt at a multi species staggered hatch. Set 15 Dark Cornish on the 19th, today I will set quail and silkie eggs. The quail and Cornish should hatch around the same day, followed a few days later by the silkies.

MissPrissy, I followed the link to your barn.....cool. I love buildings with history, and wonder what stories they could tell. Good luck with you hatch, and have fun while you at it

 

[MissPrissy]

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I have been hatching since late February.

Come on, Kitty. Do it!

 

[Farmer Kitty]

No place to have a winter brooder. We don't have the nice mild temps you have. Single digits tonight! Can we hurry to spring?