hatching eggs for others?

[nurse_turtle]

I keep an ad locally offering my egg hatching services for free. I love love love hatching but cannot keep all the chicks. On rare occasion, I may keep a couple chicks as "payment". I do it simply for fun.

 

[ki4got]

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but what do you charge?

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

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but what do you charge?

She said she does it for free. I highlighted that part in bold for you.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

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I like that idea. That way you're also getting something for the electric no matter what.

I like this thread too.

On the same note. Have any of you calculated what it costs you to run your incubator 25 days?
2 to warm it up and an extra day or two to get them to the brooder.

 

[ki4got]

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I like that idea. That way you're also getting something for the electric no matter what.

I like this thread too.

On the same note. Have any of you calculated what it costs you to run your incubator 25 days?
2 to warm it up and an extra day or two to get them to the brooder.

actually i tend to keep my incubator running 24x7, and the hatcher too, except for when a hatch is over I take it apart and clean it then get it going again in time for the next hatch. that lets me keep rotating hatches going. I try to stagger my hatches to about once a week. that way if a couple eggs go long i still have time to clean it out before the next.

so if i can make a bit of money hatching for others maybe that will keep hubby happy if he thinks they're not mine.

 

[sonew123]

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So are you keeping them? SOunds to me he owes you at least 5$ a chick now! 1 bag of feed for 50 chicks is nothing!