I Hatched too Many Chicks This Year! Anyone Else?

[wegotchickens]

I don't think I hatched too many this year.
DH does.

But I only have 19 chickens at the moment ( and 30 eggs in the bator).
I gave away or sold 75% of my previous chicks

and I have a waiting list for some of the chicks I'm hatching.

 

[BeccaOH]

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You sound like me.

Last year at this time I had 0 chickens. And now I'm overrun. I didn't hatch all I have either.

Going to take some to swap this weekend. Will butcher 5-6. Then hopefully the coops will be more manageable for winter.

 

[OSUman]

wait theres such thing as to many???
i have my first batch of chicks hatching soon

 

[Chickenaddict]

Yep I have been hatching since LAST october, last 2 eggs are under a broody and thats IT! I swear! LOL. SOld a few, hatched a bunch of roos this summer, sold a few more, came back with a few more. Ended up scrapping the 4x6 coop and took over the double garage with a grand total of 49. We went from summer to winter here which was really a hard pill to swallow since we have had NO time getting prepped for the season. 3 wk old serama chicks are running around in the snow with their mama in 30 degree temps. It's chaos!!! But I love every minute of it

Anyone need a cockerel or 5!?

 

[bigredfeather]

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Just wait. You'll see soon enough how easy it is to become a "hatch-o-holic." It's not an easy thing to overcome once you're infected. LOL

 

[KellyHM]

Hmmm, let's see....my bators (plural) have been running steady for the past 13 months. I'm "planning" to unplug them at the end of November and give them a rest, but not sure if my will power's up to it.

 

[bigredfeather]

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You can do it! The first step is to admit you have a problem! LOL I would be in real trouble if I lived in Florida, as the weather would allow me to keep hatching, and I wouldn't have to worry about raising chicks in the cold.

 

[OSUman]

Ye i know i had a broody hatching and i already have my next 2 hatxhes planed

 

[KellyHM]

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You can do it! The first step is to admit you have a problem! LOL I would be in real trouble if I lived in Florida, as the weather would allow me to keep hatching, and I wouldn't have to worry about raising chicks in the cold.

LOL, it does actually get a little too cold in Jan/Feb. I had a whole bunch of chicks in the house last year...I promised DH I wouldn't do that again!

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

I hatched 4 batches of 22 chicks trying out the wine chiller/incubator conversion. Got rid of the first 3 batches within a few minutes of posting on Craigslist. The last batch, seemed no one wanted, so I decided to keep them and add them to my own flock.

I look at it like this, next spring when everybody is looking chicks my fall pullets will be laying age. More eggs for the new Dickey incubator and hatcher I just got.

Marty