Millie is doing a great job with her ceramic eggs. She does get up to eat and drink still but one of her sister-wives very happily sits on the eggs while Millie is away. Now I need to figure out when to stash chicks and a plan.
My initial plan was to go grab chicks from my cousin because I can pick them up in the evening and only have to keep them warm for a couple of hours before it's dark enough to make the switch. They will have spent time in a brooder under lights, drinking and eating with other chicks so it will be fine to hold on to them for a few hours without needing a whole set-up in the house. Problem has set in that when they have chicks available has never worked out to when I can do this. And now they are getting mostly the same kind instead of a variety like we want. They had a huge variety a month ago but the timing on that wasn't right. Now they're getting them in dribbles and mostly all one breed at a time.
Option 2 is order from Meyer. I can pick whatever breed I want so that's a pro. But they arrive after spending 18 hrs in shipping so I would need a brooder set-up so they can warm-up, eat and drink. Plus I'd have to go get them from the post office first thing in the morning and keep them all day until it's dark enough to make the swap. Pro is getting the breeds I want essentially whenever I want, con is that there's more work and set-up on the front end.
I guess option 3 is check out TSC but I called last week and all they had was golden comets. Plus I just hear so many stories of sick chicks or incorrectly sexed chicks from TSC that I worry. But with them being open until 9pm, I could go get them at night and basically pop them right under her.
I am so jealous of the people I see who post things like "OOps! I just went our for feed and came home with 25 babies"
My initial plan was to go grab chicks from my cousin because I can pick them up in the evening and only have to keep them warm for a couple of hours before it's dark enough to make the switch. They will have spent time in a brooder under lights, drinking and eating with other chicks so it will be fine to hold on to them for a few hours without needing a whole set-up in the house. Problem has set in that when they have chicks available has never worked out to when I can do this. And now they are getting mostly the same kind instead of a variety like we want. They had a huge variety a month ago but the timing on that wasn't right. Now they're getting them in dribbles and mostly all one breed at a time.
Option 2 is order from Meyer. I can pick whatever breed I want so that's a pro. But they arrive after spending 18 hrs in shipping so I would need a brooder set-up so they can warm-up, eat and drink. Plus I'd have to go get them from the post office first thing in the morning and keep them all day until it's dark enough to make the swap. Pro is getting the breeds I want essentially whenever I want, con is that there's more work and set-up on the front end.
I guess option 3 is check out TSC but I called last week and all they had was golden comets. Plus I just hear so many stories of sick chicks or incorrectly sexed chicks from TSC that I worry. But with them being open until 9pm, I could go get them at night and basically pop them right under her.
I am so jealous of the people I see who post things like "OOps! I just went our for feed and came home with 25 babies"
