HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

[Kel35]

not a pip kel

lol ive got plenty noise but no pip think the chick is going to be called bum dragger if it ever pulls its wing outta of its a--e

 

[kays chicks]

DAY 21......of 18 eggs...3 locked down 2 were iffy. Today....none hatched or pipped. HATE to end the hatching year on this note....makes me want to buy more to end it right!!!
NOOOOO!!! CANNNTTT!!

buy some more so you are not

till next year !!

 

[Kel35]

now we have a lovely fluffy chick

 

[kays chicks]

lol ive got plenty noise but no pip think the chick is going to be called bum dragger if it ever pulls its wing outta of its a--e

lol im going to smack there bums when they arrive its doing my head in lol i need the incubator by tomo , got 18 more arrived today to go in and yes im hooked on

 

[kays chicks]

now we have a lovely fluffy chick

bloody lovely

 

[Kel35]

lol im going to smack there bums when they arrive its doing my head in lol i need the incubator by tomo , got 18 more arrived today to go in and yes im hooked on

im not sure im going to do anymore as im not keen on this waiting rubbish

 

[kays chicks]

im not sure im going to do anymore as im not keen on this waiting rubbish

dont let it put you off this is my second hatch and its been better than the first so i think it will defo get better

 

[Kel35]

i dont really want posted eggs but nobody near me is still selling eggs

 

[kays chicks]

i dont really want posted eggs but nobody near me is still selling eggs

ive bought mine off ebay and ive hatched 50% so im happy really for posted anyway , im sure there are sellers near you on ebay , preloved or pets4homes you can collect them . seems a shame as an incubator isnt cheap notto be used x

 

[Roxannemc]

Lucky you for the eggs. Mine won't start laying until Dec./ Jan if I am lucky. Post a picture of the green eggs. Would love to see them. I am in the process of ordering more RIR eggs that will hopefully go into the bator the first week of October. When I started my Marans and Silkie eggs I had 25 in the bator so I know how you feel. I really need to get busy and build the 4 more chicken tractors I need. Go here and look at this lady's tractors. They look fairly simple to make. WHen I contacted her she said they were 3' x 8' and she is using them for grow out and breeding pens. She has 1 Roo and 3 hens in one.
Tell your DH no more chickens after this but you would like to start some homegrown 'ham" to go with those green eggs.

I looked at those tractors too Brookhaven. Nice and simple plan.
KUDOS to her for making all 3 and so very nicely too.
I like the nest box ... and in 2 days HOW??? Holy cow???FAST.Took me a week to do ONE run and tractor and i dont have a nest box
.Like her idea to fit it in the end
BUT>>>>>I think she need these things...
roosts
or does she have silkies? Some one told me they dont sit on a roost
.My 5 and 6 week old chickens sit on them all the time..
A door
She has hardware cloth everyplace but the floor of the run i dont think or dont see a DOOR on the floor of the run. so how does she close it up at night.?
What if something digs into the run?
No windows for air circulation.
i read on BYC chickens get lung infections easily and need PLENTY of air more than being warm which they are ok with some cool or even cold so wonder why she doesnt have some plan for air circulation or maybe she does and we cant see it.?
maybe a vent someplace Or maybe she will do all these things later.

I do like how she opens it up. too.