Incubators Anonymous

[ki4got]

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that CAN'T be the cochins!!! unless you have a incubator/time-machine contraption

 

[kimisfishing]

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can I see a pic of your Styrofoam bator please. I am thinking I need to maek one so I can hatch with yout guys....I can see this being an addiction...

 

[CapricornFarm]

The styrofoam bators I have are all factory made. But I am going to build another cabinet Bator soon.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I sold over $50 worth of chicks today, thanks to the chicks for sale sign I made that my husband said I didn't need. I think around 20 ended up hatching yesterday, only a few today. Need to set more eggs.

 

[DMRippy]

Hubby has forbid people coming to the farm to pick up egg, chicks or chickens.... someone local had some expensive geese stolen because of people from a previous Craigslist ad. My son lives at the farm but he is still concerned that could happen. So I can't advertise with signs. There are a couple of stores close that I will have to use for my chicken sales.

Apparently, you may have seen this, Nashville banned chickens. The Metro website does not reflect that. Anyway, they are trying to pass a bill to allow chickens for a permit fee. So that may cut into my potential sales.

My hatching job is going good. Last Monday about 1/2 were developing and couple were questionable so we will see on Monday if they are growing.

I have made some FABULOUS brooder/growout pens. They are even modular

They are about 3 ft wide and 6 ft long with plastic under for easy cleaning. Only side walls no tops or bottoms. (that may change) I have tons of screen doors so tops are easy. I have also made divider panels so I can divide it into individual pens if needed. 4 is probably the most I divide one.

I made four of these lined up in our work shop. I have 25 babies in one, 16 in 3/4 of one and 2 in the other 1/4. another with unruly young roos divided into 4ths. The last one is being used as a hospital and is divided into 3rds. I still have my little bitty 2x3 brooders for the little itty bitty tinny whinny new babies so I can play with them more. Hubby needs to set up more chairs now for the chicken TV.... one at each pen! These are very handy right now, I can only imagine how handy they are going to be the first of the year for the new babies... once I get these outside.... SOON!!!!

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

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that CAN'T be the cochins!!! unless you have a incubator/time-machine contraption

I just laughed out loud at that! No these are the silkies I got before the cochins. I got a 9 for 9 hatch! Woo Hoo!! Props to the seller CMVickrey!!

 

[CapricornFarm]

yes, Marie (EmVickrey) has some nice silkies, she even shows some. The last batch I got from her hatched really well. Hope those I sent to her do as well. I have Wheaten Ameraucana eggs I just candled that were shipped, and only one quitter! I am on a roll here

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

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Yay!!

 

[DMRippy]

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Your luck has changed hu?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Sold three pullets today, had more calls for eating eggs but I have to take 6 dozen to Jackson tomorrow so I had to put them off until later . Packed four boxes of eggs. Put 30 more eggs in the Bator. What's hatching?