Incubators Anonymous

[Arielle]

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THere is the warning on the homepage for good reason. BUt the people here are sooo nice and chickens are sooo fun! Welcome to BYC!

I'm going thru withdrawls--no eggs to put in the incubator. Long story.

Good wishes to all hatching this week!!!

 

[kerrysmommy]

hello my name is courtney and i want to start hatching i have hatched eggs before and only one hatched and is 4 mnths old. when i move out of my parent house in about 5 to ten years i am planning on haveing my own farm store close to home (my parents house) and have a hatchery type business right in my back yard

 

[CapricornFarm]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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Your are so sweet Deb. Thank you.

Are your Silver Sussex laying good enough yet, so I can get some eggs from ya?

I think shipping was our main problemo. Since they took an extra 1-2 days to get to me...

~Aspen

Those Silver Sussex get prettier every day! Even the roos have fabulous cushion! I have all three pullets laying now, and I have confirmed that they are fertile! The very first two eggs they laid are in the Hatcher! Woot! This time I am going to get a bunch of chicks hatched for myself before I start selling them. I sold a lot of my Lav. Orp eggs, and I only have one pullet growing out​

 

[MommyMagpie]

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THere is the warning on the homepage for good reason. BUt the people here are sooo nice and chickens are sooo fun! Welcome to BYC!

I'm going thru withdrawls--no eggs to put in the incubator. Long story.

Good wishes to all hatching this week!!!

Just had to give DS14 a lesson in how to read the thermometer. He was hollering that it was 97 and it was only 92. So I tweaked upwards a smidge and we are back to waiting.

 

[Arielle]

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THere is the warning on the homepage for good reason. BUt the people here are sooo nice and chickens are sooo fun! Welcome to BYC!

I'm going thru withdrawls--no eggs to put in the incubator. Long story.

Good wishes to all hatching this week!!!

Just had to give DS14 a lesson in how to read the thermometer. He was hollering that it was 97 and it was only 92. So I tweaked upwards a smidge and we are back to waiting.

This phase tries your patience. But it is worth it. WHen you hatch eggs from your own home-made incubator, it is an extraordinary feeling. THe tweeking before first hatch is a trial; then after the first hatch you will alter things again.

 

[DMRippy]

today is day 14, tossed 1/4 dark Brahma, 2/7 lav am, 3/9 marans and I don't have hopes for 3 others but

and 2 of my prod red out of 18 so not bad except the marans

Some of the eggs are so thick or dark I can't see what is going on

Things are moving well on the breeding pens. Hope to move everyone next week and pick up a couple of roos too

Then I can move the 6 week old birds out and soon after the 4 week olds.

Going to try not to hatch for me till after the holidays, but I think I am going to advertise hatching eggs and chick by order

Happy Hatching!!!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Your are so sweet Deb. Thank you.

Are your Silver Sussex laying good enough yet, so I can get some eggs from ya?

I think shipping was our main problemo. Since they took an extra 1-2 days to get to me...

~Aspen

Those Silver Sussex get prettier every day! Even the roos have fabulous cushion! I have all three pullets laying now, and I have confirmed that they are fertile! The very first two eggs they laid are in the Hatcher! Woot! This time I am going to get a bunch of chicks hatched for myself before I start selling them. I sold a lot of my Lav. Orp eggs, and I only have one pullet growing out

I know how that goes...

Let me know when you have Lav Orp, and SS eggs available..I'm at the top of this list..right?

Oh, by the by. The 5 bonus LO eggs you sent are ALL developing!!

~Aspen

 

[ki4got]

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day 16 for me, i've got 8/21 dorkings, 9/14 EE, 0/5 marans and 8/11 muttbantams (oh, and 9/10 muttbantams on day10)

sounds like you're doing better than me overall...

 

[JD4570]

No pips yet but two are rocking and one is peeping!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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Those Silver Sussex get prettier every day! Even the roos have fabulous cushion! I have all three pullets laying now, and I have confirmed that they are fertile! The very first two eggs they laid are in the Hatcher! Woot! This time I am going to get a bunch of chicks hatched for myself before I start selling them. I sold a lot of my Lav. Orp eggs, and I only have one pullet growing out

I know how that goes...

Let me know when you have Lav Orp, and SS eggs available..I'm at the top of this list..right?

Oh, by the by. The 5 bonus LO eggs you sent are ALL developing!!

~Aspen​

You know, SS stands for Speckled Sussex, you had better be more specific :-D