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HereDucky said:
I know the Aylesbury is still a popular dual-purpose breed in the UK. American tastes are somewhat different. Fortunately, they make excellent pets and ornamental pond ducks. They are poor to fair mothers - I will let any of my hens nest and sit if they are so inclined, but they never sit for the 28 days or so required. My only broody hens are bantams; I could maybe fit a couple of eggs under one - but they tend to not accept eggs that aren't their own and push them out. I have found one hatchery that sells show-quality Aylesbury ducklings - Stromberg's in Minnesota. $13.50 each/maximum order of 15, straight run only. I do sell hatching eggs, $5.00 per dozen, but only locally. $5.00 is very cheap, I know, but I'm not doing it to make money. I just want to do my part to sustain the breed. And I've learned the hard way - until they hatch, they are just eggs.
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I am truly interested in buying a dozen to hatch--could I persuade you to package up a doz and mail it to me priority???? I'll even teach you how to package them for good results thru the rough USPS handling. No guarantee of getting any to hach but I'd love to give it a shot. If you are interested you can pm me.
 
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ki4got said:
you have full brooders, then you post ads on craigslist begging people to buy chicks because you have too many. LOL

don't ask how I know this...
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haha that sounds about right..

actually i am down to about 60 or 70 chicks now.. but they are hardly chicks any more some are 8 weeks.. thank goodness
i have a rooster man who takes the boys away..
 
Well I figured out WHY my hatch may have been so WEIRD. That was a PROLONGED HATCH, Still hatching YESTERDAY and due SATURDAY. Today I was setting some shipped eggs and heard a chick.... I looked and sure enough one was ZIPPING 2 days EARLY! WTH?????? Then I remembered on of my fans in the bator blew up so I didn't replace it for over a week.... kept forgetting to bring it to the farm. I still had one personal fan going, didn't think it would make that much difference. Well that learned me..... it had hot and cold spots because of it.
 
Runawaylobster said:
Quote: I wish I could get down to 60-70 chicks. I just PULLED the last hatch out yesterday and today I had to RUSH another batch in the hatcher. I was going to do that tomorrow. They sometimes hatch a day early but 2 days???? anyway they are in the hatcher now.

I moved about 75 out to the main brooders yesterday, I have 3-4 weeks more still in the nursery brooders and another hatch due this weekend.
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I set a small batch of eggs today and will set more Sunday or Monday and then I will hold off for a week, maybe 2 if I can sell the eggs LOL. I need a break and we need to go visit some family soon.
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ladycat said:
I was going to start a thread like this and discovered there already is one, so here I am.

I think I need help! I keep setting eggs from my own chickens and ordering more eggs!

My incubators are stuffed full and I have chicks coming out my ears!
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You are going to FIT RIGHT IN!!!! What are you looking for????? We are kinda dealers here.... we cruz for eggs all over.......
 
DMRippy said:
You are going to FIT RIGHT IN!!!! What are you looking for????? We are kinda dealers here.... we cruz for eggs all over.......
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lol

I just ordered Welsummer eggs, I have sent an inquiry about some project eggs (both of those were from reading the classifieds here at BYC).

Of course I received eggs in the mail today (white Marans), and I received some last week (also white Marans). I don't think I have any room for my own eggs this week (and I pulled over 20 chicks from the incubator this morning- those were from my own eggs).

I'm waiting on a particular member here at BYC to have some Black Tailed Buff Marans eggs to spare. Other than that, I am hoping to get hold of some eggs for Midget White Turkeys.

The boxes full of chicks of various ages that are occupying the house are from both purchased eggs and from hatching my own eggs.

But this weekend I expect to get all the chicks out of the house. I am fixing a chick room in the barn, and I nearly have it ready.
 

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