How many chicks will you hatch in 2026?

[kattabelly]

Hatching "a few" chicks for "a couple" of other people next month seems to be rapidly spiralling out of control

* fires up ebay in search of another incubator *

 

[redinator]

Hatching "a few" chicks for "a couple" of other people next month seems to be rapidly spiralling out of control

* fires up ebay in search of another incubator *

I suggest staying away from Ebay. You might be searching for incubators and end up with hatching eggs.

 

[kattabelly]

I suggest staying away from Ebay. You might be searching for incubators and end up with hatching eggs.

Can't buy hatching eggs on UK ebay, and I never would have chanced that even back when it was allowed (edit - other than when a seller I trust, who also sold on ebay, has asked me to order that way because it was easier for them for whatever reason).

 

[farmer90]

My first hatch of the year will be next week (quails).
From the very first hatch I play guessing game with my family. Anyone else doing it? The rules are simple. I say how many eggs I have in the incubator and they guess how many chicks will hatch. The one who guesses right or gets the closest number is winner. The winner can choose whether they want for their prize a box of eggs or a processed rooster.

 

[kattabelly]

My first hatch of the year will be next week (quails).
From the very first hatch I play guessing game with my family. Anyone else doing it? The rules are simple. I say how many eggs I have in the incubator and they guess how many chicks will hatch. The one who guesses right or gets the closest number is winner. The winner can choose whether they want for their prize a box of eggs or a processed rooster.

The community garden where I keep my chickens has a slot next month, at a charity shop in town that lets different organisations come in each week to raise funds by selling things from the shop. It'll be about a week before I have a few incubators full of eggs due to hatch. I was thinking of taking a picture they could put up to make a competition out of it, like the "guess how many sweets in the jar" competitions that are often done at charity fundraiser type events (only no one will win any chicks! I can offer some eggs for eating though)