Incubators Anonymous

[TeaChick]

Well if you are living with them as neighbors then you goat must be nimble! Here is something that a shepherd aquaintence of mine does in that country. She puts out an electric line with aluminum foil folded over the wire. Then she smears the foil with peanut butter. When the coyotes lick the peanut butter they get the full force of the shock right in the mouth and don't challenge the fence.

Have to remember that one!!!

YAY...congrats for an incubator

I have 2...nothing fancy but sooo GREAT when I wanna hatch

so sad I don't have time right now

Would be so neglected if I even tried....sigh....

I truly believe that hatchery people must LOVE chicks to work there...I know I would have a big problem with chicks just somehow coming home with me

Thanks! My homemade incubators are feeling neglected right now....Just wait until the weather cools off, guys, then we'll be back in action!!!

I would have trouble with that too.
I was in a feed store this spring and the manager was in the office with the door shut and no one else was around. When I went to pay for my feed (or whatever), I told him, "I could fit at least a half a dozen of those chicks in my jacket pockets." lol He said, "I wish you would!" He said he was fed up with the peeping sound and wished they were gone. I thought seriously about sticking some in my pockets on the way out and he stayed in the office until I was good and gone (I think he would have let me get away with it. lol). I knew I didn't have chicks young enough to put them in with is how I talked myself out of it. (I mean, of course it would be wrong, kind of; he did say he wished I would take some, so...

)

I "need" more Seramas...

before I get more, maybe I should let the ones in my bator hatch first... I have a pip!!

 

[TeaChick]

I got a call from 2 of the local schools. Apparently my label as a crazy chicken lady has spread... I have a preschool class, 2nd and 3rd grade classes wanting to hatch eggs and come out to see the animals and the tree farm! DH said I shouldn't spread my addiction to unsuspecting children LOL but he also said it's great to show the kids how we get food!

I've been working on getting the lady in the fish dept at WalMart into chickens. lol
She's seriously thinking about getting a little Brinsea and hatching out some bantams for her grandson.

I'm spreading my additions, er, sharing my passion too!!!

I may be in trouble..my hoarder neighbor just informed me he has 2- 600 egg incubators and 12 styro's he doesn't use......

Send me one!!!

lol

Uh oh...even using a twelve step program to say no to the twelve Styrofoam's you would still be left with the two big ones...yep you are doomed

Ok. So here's another reason why we hatch our own eggs:
BIRTHDAYS!
My 4 yr old insisted on making a birthday sign to hang in our coop today . He made another one for the hens who turn 1 yr old tomorrow.

I just hope he does as good of a job next week when its my birthday.

Happy birthday, early!!!

 

[LindaB220]

HI,
I am an incubator virgin, i was encouraged to buy an incubator for my foster child. we brought it on ebay no instructions. do the knobs on top need to set to same temp. have worked out water channel, it is fan forced eggs need to be turned manuelly. Please help

You have come to the right place. Check out the different threads. Especially Hatching 101. Go to the search button at the top and key that in and search. Lots of things will pull up. We'll be happy to answer any questions

 

[LindaB220]

Kada,do you hatch using dry method. I have just learned about it,you don't have to put any water in until day 18. I'm doing an experimental hatch this time.

Hi Maranfarmer, yes I love dry hatching. I put a little water in at the start but keep it about 25-35% with the plugs out. I learned something new this hatch. Ron Ott is very experienced in CA. He said to start on day 8 through day 18 taking the top off in the afternoon for a 2 hr cool down but spritz them with water. I'm in the deep south in La and don't need to spritz I'm on day 20 of this hatch so I will find out if it worked in a couple of days. Two definite clears and 11 growing. There are a couple of good threads on dry hatching. Check them out.

 

[LindaB220]

I've been working on getting the lady in the fish dept at WalMart into chickens. lol
She's seriously thinking about getting a little Brinsea and hatching out some bantams for her grandson.

I'm spreading my additions, er, sharing my passion too!!!

Send me one!!!

lol

Happy birthday, early!!!

Are you saying additions or addictions? Hmmmm?

 

[maranfarmer563]

Linda,hope this works I have some cemani in,3are clear 9 look good on day 7. That's not bad for shipped eggs,they came from Colorado to Pennsylvania.

 

[maranfarmer563]

Linda,hope this works I have some cemani in,3are clear 9 look good on day 7. That's not bad for shipped eggs,they came from Colorado to Pennsylvania.

 

[CharterChick]

My DH spoils me too (after I give up trying to convince him to do something and start trying to convince myself that it was a horrible idea in the first place).
We have a lot of blackberries too, but we don't call them a "problem". We call them two desserts and a week's worth of fresh fruit a year. lol
I still want goats. DH and I are going to look at the way back (well, that's what I call the property behind the backyard) and I've been thinking goats. I think he's on board with that, now that I've been having doubts. <rolling eyes>
LOL I've met horses like that! Maybe you could sell him or get the goats early???




I'll have to remember not to get fainting goats! We have coyotes too.
What else preys on goats?

We don't want them all gone but we have ACRES of blackberries... And scotch broom! OH LORDY! If goats eat scotch broom that's my way in! We have a major problem with it!

You have come to the right place. Check out the different threads. Especially Hatching 101. Go to the search button at the top and key that in and search. Lots of things will pull up. We'll be happy to answer any questions

You forgot to add and encourage more chickens, more eggs, and we love to see pictures of them all!

 

[TeaChick]

Are you saying additions or addictions? Hmmmm?

Did I mention that I LOVE auto-correct???
I was on my phone. I haven't had the opportunity to share any additions; I meant that I'm sharing my addiction.
Oh, well...

We don't want them all gone but we have ACRES of blackberries... And scotch broom! OH LORDY! If goats eat scotch broom that's my way in! We have a major problem with it!
You forgot to add and encourage more chickens, more eggs, and we love to see pictures of them all! Yeah, more pics!!!

What is scotch broom? Can you post a pic? I know the same plants (or slightly different varieties of the same plant) are called by different names in different parts of the country.
Does it look like this:

After I did an image search for what I was afraid you were talking about (we call it dog fennel and no, goats don't eat it, nothing does, but it smells kind of nice when it's mowed)...Anyway, I realized I could do an image search for scotch broom and...no, it's not dog fennel. Whew! IDK whether goats eat it or not, but you could find out on BYH, one of the sister sites with BYC. =)

 

[CharterChick]

Did I mention that I LOVE auto-correct???
I was on my phone. I haven't had the opportunity to share any additions; I meant that I'm sharing my addiction.
Oh, well...

What is scotch broom? Can you post a pic? I know the same plants (or slightly different varieties of the same plant) are called by different names in different parts of the country.
Does it look like this:

After I did an image search for what I was afraid you were talking about (we call it dog fennel and no, goats don't eat it, nothing does, but it smells kind of nice when it's mowed)...Anyway, I realized I could do an image search for scotch broom and...no, it's not dog fennel. Whew! IDK whether goats eat it or not, but you could find out on BYH, one of the sister sites with BYC. =)

I'll get a picture of our back lot later. The stuff grows to be 3+ foot tall in one year! If we try to be lazy and skip a year we have to use a chainsaw to cut it down instead of the brush hog