Incubators Anonymous

[Arielle]

Quote: What do you do with all those chicks??? Are the natives stealing THAT many? Or you sell them?

 

[ozexpat]

What do you do with all those chicks??? Are the natives stealing THAT many? Or you sell them?

These are mutt eggs - building a local "land race" breed of chickens to give away early next year on a "chicken mission" - I am going to organize a group of BYCers to make a partially tax deductable trip to the Philippines to encourage sustainable chicken raising.

I am going to need about 200 layers and 100 roos for the project.

 

[Arielle]

Verrrry interesting-- guess I should be reading your thread!!

 

[ozexpat]

Quote:
Its very much in the infancy - but the ball started rolling about a month ago. Once I sure up the whole thing, I will be offering slots on the trip. It will be a 7 day trip with 2 days helping on a medical mission, 2 days teaching chickens then a 3 day tour with some nice RnR spots.

 

[Arielle]

I'm all for increasing self sustainability!!! Protein is still short in this world.

 

[mikkles]

5 out..1 pipping and 1 still thinking about life in the egg!! woohoo!! i sure needed a good hatch!! makes me so happy!!

 

[ozexpat]

5 out..1 pipping and 1 still thinking about life in the egg!! woohoo!! i sure needed a good hatch!! makes me so happy!!

go chickies!!

 

[Runawaylobster]

5 out..1 pipping and 1 still thinking about life in the egg!! woohoo!! i sure needed a good hatch!! makes me so happy!!

Awesome!!!!

 

[Runawaylobster]

Yay... the hatch begins .. three out and 36 to go ..

Woooohooo... FINALLY, a splash chick from my marans, i had to hatch quite alot of eggs to get one

i think its a girl, kinda weird really that in this case if may have been better to get a boy. let's see!!! and a 60-70% hatch rate on my shipped eggs... various leghorns, sbels and lavender orpingtons.. 90% hatch rate on my home grown eggs.. (all marans) pics to come soon, they are so cute!!!!

 

[elliechooks]

Chicken math + incubator addict =

I have a homemade incubator that holds 10 eggs in a turner, currently with 3 eggs in at day 19. I bought another 10 egg incubator on eBay a couple of days ago but not received yet. Went to poultry auction this morning and bought a tray of 30 fertile eggs!! Oops, I wonder if I take the turner out and turn them manually, how many eggs I can get in my home made bator!?!