Im Due On 9/20 !!!!!!

[shelby528]

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WHOA you had 287 chicks hatch!!!!! Wholly mackerel that's a lot.

did you say 287!!!! What will you do with all of them, and I thought I was excited over one.

you are truely a hatching goddess.
Michele

No its not goddess its effort, sleepless nights and pain...lol

I do that many at once in my 1 (yes one) bator for meat for my family..I do two batches one in june and one in sept to help provide meat throughout the winter...my grandparents have enough space over at there 100 acre farm so we split the group up 7 ways and have them all ready for processing (which we do ourselves) in less than 3 months. It is a skill I might add! All of mine are now hatched 5 didnt make it and 6 didnt hatch but thats really good odds

Not all of them are for meat though..I specialize in Speckled Sussex and Bantam Cochins so I hatch about 1000-2000 each year during my bator season as my parents call it. Ive always had a knack for chickens...it started when I was 13 and now 20, almost 21 I have a determined mind with amazing grandparents who help feed our entire family almost all year...and it helps when you have 300-1000 birds split between two properties to lay eggs for you. Fortunately my grandparents share my interest so we have everything built to our needs..no cages just big runs and open field for our "pets".

 

[shelby528]

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I have 4 bators one that holds 350, the rest hold 50 or 75 if I push it! I try to get as much in as possible at once that way less hydro and more chicks

 

[FarmerGrant011]

Well my first egg poked a little hole

 

[ronniewayne]

i have been hearing chirping all afternoon and now i see at least 3 pip holes ...one is making progress getting a spot the size of a dime out of the way....mstricer my incubator is a GQF sportsman i bought a couple of used ones..more than i need so i think i need to sell one of them the guy had 2 so i took them both...i have my temp on 99.7 and my humidity on 68% for these last 3 days...ran the humidity around 40 for the first 18 days.. happy hatching everyone..and good luck...

 

[galanie]

Sept 20 is my birthday. I predict very beautiful and intelligent chicks.

 

[yinepu]

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i have a baby muscovy hatching right now.... uhm... will he/she still be a "beauty"?