Incubators Anonymous

[cadams]

I still want Coronation Sussex but am building more pens my FBCM's need to be in a pen by their selves the BR's are rough on them. so I'm building away.

 

[yo burrill]

Hee heee hee so much for my Bator being turned off!!!! Stopped at the neighbors today to see what they had for chickens. I hear their Roo in the morning and curiosity got the better of me. Imagine that!!!! They have "hatchery arucanas" AKA Easter eggers. Their Roo is Huge!!! He must be two feet tall!! So I ended up with 19 eggs to go in the bator cause none of her hens have gone broody and she wants four more hens. I think she is going to take a few of my Bantys too to free range for bugs. I love my neighbors!!!

 

[DMRippy]

I am really going to TRY and STOP hatching! What was I thinking when I set ALL the Wheaten Am Eggs

or that last batch of Cuckoos

I need to find someone to buy all these EXTRA chicks

I am only going to set my SLW and BLRW and maybe the Lavs.... THAT IS IT! I SWEAR! (that could be a lot of eggs LOL)

 

[Arielle]

Hee heee hee so much for my Bator being turned off!!!! Stopped at the neighbors today to see what they had for chickens. I hear their Roo in the morning and curiosity got the better of me. Imagine that!!!! They have "hatchery arucanas" AKA Easter eggers. Their Roo is Huge!!! He must be two feet tall!! So I ended up with 19 eggs to go in the bator cause none of her hens have gone broody and she wants four more hens. I think she is going to take a few of my Bantys too to free range for bugs. I love my neighbors!!!

My Ee hens have been my best layers: very large blue eggs consistently without lights. THey do stop laying in the winter months. But I can easily forgive them. 5-6 eggs/day from 7 hens. Always see them eating!!

 

[Arielle]

I am really going to TRY and STOP hatching! What was I thinking when I set ALL the Wheaten Am Eggs

or that last batch of Cuckoos

I need to find someone to buy all these EXTRA chicks

I am only going to set my SLW and BLRW and maybe the Lavs.... THAT IS IT! I SWEAR! (that could be a lot of eggs LOL)

Donna, I have finally seen the light. I have not put in any new eggs recently. Just need to hatch the last two batches: BR turkey and BCM. I have a number of pens to build yet and DH actually asked me if I would move the chicks out of the upstairs bathroom. I have to agree, they hae taken over and need to be moved. ANother thing to do.

 

[DMRippy]

I when to see Foley on Monday, came home with 4 BLRW Hens and 1 HUGE beautiful roo, his main breeder roo. He also sent me home with some chicks that hatched in a bucket in the barn. LOL True story... 1 was a SLW and the other was a Chocolate Orpington.... now what am I going to do with a Choc Orp? I don't have anything to breed it with....

he also gave me some Silver Penciled Wyandotte bantams.... I don't do bantams either

But now I know they are the RAREIST of RARE of Wyandottes, so I have to keep them and breed them right?

Now hubby wants me to breed the choc orp too

I got to get something to breed it to and then they are going to be splits maybe... that is going to take a long time. So I emailed Foley to see if he was going to sell his breeding Choc Orps... hubby wants them.... I think... he said "We" have to drive back.... "We" didn't drive there... I did LOL

 

[DMRippy]

I forgot to post these on here.... sorry. If you want to see what I got from Foley here are the links

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/466415/blue-laced-red-wyandotte-thread/860#post_9526551

This is the SPW

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/279470/the-wyandotte-thread/5840#post_9526623

 

[kraftyladies]

I am really going to TRY and STOP hatching! What was I thinking when I set ALL the Wheaten Am Eggs

or that last batch of Cuckoos

I need to find someone to buy all these EXTRA chicks

I am only going to set my SLW and BLRW and maybe the Lavs.... THAT IS IT! I SWEAR! (that could be a lot of eggs LOL)

I wish I was closer, I would love some Wheaten AMs!

 

[Zootopia]

I when to see Foley on Monday, came home with 4 BLRW Hens and 1 HUGE beautiful roo, his main breeder roo. He also sent me home with some chicks that hatched in a bucket in the barn. LOL True story... 1 was a SLW and the other was a Chocolate Orpington.... now what am I going to do with a Choc Orp? I don't have anything to breed it with....

he also gave me some Silver Penciled Wyandotte bantams.... I don't do bantams either

But now I know they are the RAREIST of RARE of Wyandottes, so I have to keep them and breed them right?

Now hubby wants me to breed the choc orp too

I got to get something to breed it to and then they are going to be splits maybe... that is going to take a long time. So I emailed Foley to see if he was going to sell his breeding Choc Orps... hubby wants them.... I think... he said "We" have to drive back.... "We" didn't drive there... I did LOL

I like the "WE" thing. "We" may have chickens, but "We" aren't the ones sweating over the incubator, or wracking our brain trying to find GOOD breeding stock ---cause "WE" decided "We" liked something .
I do have to say tho when it is time for a road trip, we do go together and make a day of it, there is always something to see between here and "there", where ever there is.
Beautiful birds, it is nice to get older breeders from someone who knows what they are doing. I hear GreenFire is doing CO's if you got that kind of money

. Those SPW are beautiful too, make me "Almost" want and banty

I haven't set anything new since the 8th. Aren't you proud of me? I really should send the Sportsman back to my customer after these are out.

(I wonder if he'd be interested in selling it?)

I got an my first beautiful olive egg from my one of my F1 OE, she's free ranging with the other growouts so no idea who she is but I'm excited that they are going to start laying before winter (Hey if I set them I could have F2's ready to lay by spring

)

 

[yo burrill]

Haa haa My Hubby is the biggest enabler!!! I love it!!! I was trying to figure out what I was going to put all the chickens in for the winter. They have to be in up here or they freeze!! Even with a light some of the Roos get frozen combs. A friend has an old camper that I can have for a huge coop!!!! All that limits me now is the amount of food I can afford to buy!!!