LOL!!!Thanks! =)
over 90%????
I wish. I'll have to get my next eggs shipped from closer than the opposite corner of the country and get them marked "Fragile Scientific Materials" (do not x-ray, do not tip, etc.) lol Maybe then I can get at least one to hatch that way.
If you have any great contacts for Bantam cochin eggs let me know since you are on my coast and not aaaaaallllllll the way across the country...LOL! seems like the only ones I can ever find when I want them for my broody are on the East coastI could possibly start up my "put away" bator for eggs closer to home
Well..if you already have 33+ then whats a few moreRight???? LOL I have never bought eggs from craiglist...have you and had a good experience?
I got 26 free silkie eggs off craigslist and found out later that the birds they came from were catdance silkie lines. I love her birds <3 So I was pretty thrilled about that.
Exactly! couldn't have said it better myself LOL
I know right?? Best part is, she turned out to be a really nice lady and told me anytime I want more of her eggs to just text her and if she has some I can swing by and get them!Chicken people are awesome ^.^
I used the same instructions that other BYC members posted, but I thought opening the incubator from the top would let more heat escape. To make it level & stable, I simply screwed 2 pieces of wood to the bottom (or the side - depending on how you look at it).
If I'm hatching backyard eggs, I use a roller type turner with the eggs on their sides. If I'm doing shipped eggs, I stand them up in the tray & tilt them gently side to side.
Below is the yellow tray turner. The incubator on the left was borrowed & used as a hatcher. Once I knew the incubator worked, I didn't have the heart to discard my test eggs. I allowed them to hatch while my daughter incubated the expensive shipped eggs. This was part of her 4H project. Since she needed an incubator for her project, I decided my part was to build one for her. Also I teach & wanted to use my own rather than borrow the over-used incubator from the Ag Educ Office. I added water bottles (as heat sinks) to help maintain temp. Rocks would also work.
The hatching chick was a Cream Crested Legbar. Probably a female because I only hatched one male. I love taking pics, so the big window was a requirement for me.
* One big disadvantage of using the lightbulbs is the constant on/off cycle. "It's hatching! Here it comes!...." CLICK.......darkness falls.Ok, shine the flashlight. Eyes adjust. CLICK .... Ugh! I'm blinded by the light!!
Same here!! I'm still in school and they never ever do classroom hatches!! It would be so awesome to see chicks hatch...at school!!!
Yep, maybe half way through next month! But that's still sooo long away!!
Yes, I should try that...but I wonder what my friends think about chickens...
Yep, maybe half way through next month! But that's still sooo long away!!
Yes, I should try that...but I wonder what my friends think about chickens...
Yeah!! No way am I staying off that Boy vs. Girl thread!!Another month to wait? We'll help you pass the time. (just stay off the boys v. girls thread!!!!)
If you haven't ordered yet, then you could start doing research, collecting parts, and building your own...
I, personally, don't worry about what other ppl think, but some ppl have a reputation to maintain (my reputation is that I'm peculiar anyway, so I'm maintaining that lol).
Otherwise, maybe you could take a pole, so some research asking other students what they would think of the idea.
