I want to hatch more eggs...what's wrong with me?

[TinyBirds]

Same here. I hatched the last group of babies (promised myself it was the last) and found a good home for them a few days ago since I swore to myself I wasn't going to have chicks AT ALL this winter. Then, sigh, today, all hope was lost on my plan, because, well, the most beautiful egg I ever saw was laid by a golden cuckoo marans hen (her first egg). It is hopeless. I can't resist. Just glad to hear I'm not alone

 

[Sunne73]

My babies hatched yesterday and the bator will be filled with a new round of eggs today...I really need help.

 

[Rosaleen]

Waiting for two separate shipments of eggs. I'll start firing up the incubator Monday. I must be out of my head.

 

[ki4got]

well, i bid on an auction, got outbid, then found out she had some more eggs she'd let me have for the same as the auction. 8) so i've got 24+ bantam cochins on the way, plus whatever dorking eggs i have at the time, plus enough mutt bantams to fill the gaps in the 'bator. should go in thursday or friday.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I got eggs in the mail today. I claimed BLRW on the swap in June. So I finally got eggs, they are EE and 2 Delaware. Kind of not worth the wait , but better than nothing I guess . Now I am going to have to figure out where to put them. Maybe I will candle tonight to make room .Hatch on, folks!

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

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And for the record... TWO people were outbidding you. There was another person in there too!

LOL!

 

[JD4570]

There is nothing wrong with anybody here! We are the normal ones, everyone else has never had the joy of bringing little fuzzy butts into the world. So it's our duty to "enlighten" others to this joy.

 

[CapricornFarm]

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Exactly. Well put.

 

[scottfarm]

hate to tell you but you have hatching fever very very hard to stop hatching you think every egg is a chick . i was this way this summer first thing i new we had over four hundred chicks . ran out of brooders and grow pens had to quit for a while . but sure do misshaving the incubator running. i am waiting on my birds to go back laying well .will hatch more a very bad habit to break. good luck to every one hatching and raising birds.

 

[Marcymom3]

Being new to raising chickens and having been told by Hubs that I am not to even consider expanding is slowing me down a bit. We got our coop before we understood chicken math.

Everything I am reading on BYC about hatching eggs is intriguing and I absolutely can't wait to try it myself. I might be able to convince Hubs that it would be a great experience for our grandchildren. How did you get started in this addiction, and just wondering here you keep your incubators? We kept our chicks in the livingroom! I was for putting them in the basement but my husband thought it was better upstairs. It was not a problem and they grew into very friendly chickens because we stopped and petted and talked to them when we went by the brooder.