I Hatched too Many Chicks This Year! Anyone Else?

[bigredfeather]

I came to the conclusion recently that I have hatched way more chicks this year than I really should have. I had 10 chickens prior to this past February. As of right now I have 104. They take up such little space when they are hatched, but as they are getting bigger, they are needing almost more coop space than I have to utilize. I found myself building another pen in the coop this weekend to accomidate my ever growing chicks. I really wish I wouldn't have hatched so many, especially with Winter quickly approaching.

Anyone else having hatcher's remorse after a Spring/Summer of heavy hatching?

 

[Elite Silkies]

I have only hatched 39 so far. I do have about 45 more to hatch. I don't have any remorse. I just keep building.......... Or my husband does, so he may have some remorse

 

[miss_jayne]

i'm sorry, your statement doesn't make sense to me. 'too many' doesn't go with 'chicks'.

 

[mamaKate]

WOW. I acquired all my birds as chicks. I went from 2 in March to a grand total of 7. It seems like a lot. 104. I repeat-WOW.

 

[Wildsky]

I had to NOT hatch any chicks this year, and didn't buy any either... my coop could handle more - its just that extra food and having to carry water in winter that I can't handle!

 

[gumpsgirl]

Oh, I started hatching in January and didn't stop until the beginning of July when my DH said enough! I have no clue how many I hatched, along with some help from a few broody's either! I've sold some and kept some, so I've lost track of all of them but I can tell you that I hatched A LOT of chicks!

I'm doing one more hatch this week and that will be it for me this year.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

Send some to meeee

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

I did not hatch any, but the DH wishes I had just ordered the 10 from the feed store and not the additional 25 from Whitmore.

After eating spare cockerels, we still have 12 more than I had hoped to over-winter. Still hoping to find some locals that would like a pullet or 5.

 

[eggsrcool]

20- waaaaaaaay too many. Some of you are probably thinking 20?! Thats not a lot. Well we actaully hatched about 25 or 26- a few deaths. But here in the UK, we can only have 49 birds maximum before we have to register with DEFRA. Plus 10 quail- I think i have 27 chickens- 10+27=37. I have more eggs in the incubator

BUT I WANT TO HATCH NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bigredfeather]

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Yeah, feed bill is killing me, and I'm dreading dealing with frozen water this Winter.