I'm in trouble!

[katie4]

I love the freedom of having an incubator. I can get the breed of chickens that I want/need, I don't have to wait for a hen to do her broody thing, and I can hatch chicks at times when my local feed stores don't have chicks.

I love helping others start their own small flocks and the folks are always grateful to have some healthy chicks from someone local. I can defray the cost of my incubator by selling the chicks I hatch. It is a win-win all the way around!

I haven't gone down too slippery of a slope yet... I have homes found for my chickies before the eggs go in the 'bator. I know the "never count your chicks before they're hatched" adage, but my people are so happy to get little peeps that they don't care if they get too many/few or if I have to start over with a new batch in the 'bator. And it is SUCH an adventure and a great economics lesson for my 5 year old daughter.

 

[jfulcher]

Welcome to the world of bators! I started with a coleman bator, thought naw I won't be hatching enough or ordering eggs to need a second bator.. Then I bought "Darth Bator" my LG. Now I have gone through hundreds of eggs a month.... Because I can fill up as I move to the hatcher.... And imagine how many quail eggs can fill a LG at once.... Not only that I have dipped into duck eggs!