It finally happened :-o

[technodoll]

I GOT MY BRAND-NEW HOVA-BATOR TODAY!!

My very first incubator ever!

Yes, it's my birthday and this was my present from DH and my family (they all pitched in).

Got the 42-egg model with the clear see-through cover, automatic egg turner and hygrometer, and also a candler.

I can't wait to start my first batch of eggs in 3 weeks!!

 

[topeka]

Why do you have to wait 3 weeks?

 

[technodoll]

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I have to time things so that the babies are old enough go out in the coop around early April, it's too cold before then...

And I can't have them in the house for more than 3 weeks or so because we are selling the property and can't keep a bathroom messy and smelly with live poultry, doesn't look good when you have an Open House for potential buyers

 

[GlitterKitty]

Congrats!

What kind of eggs wil you be hatching?

 

[Criskin]

Awesome! A Hovabator and automatic turner were what I got for my birthday this year, too! I don't have the self restraint you do, though...mine is up and running. As I told hubby, this is truly "the gift that keeps on giving"!

 

[mediazeal]

YIPPEE!
Another hatchoholic is born!
welcome to the club

 

[SunshineSteedFarm]

Congrats!

I am getting one soon also. Which kind of eggs are you planning on hatching?

 

[technodoll]

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I hope to hatch some white chanteclers (8 eggs are on standby from a local breeder) and some EE's from these two:

I am considering letting him mate with my sexlinks too since a few of them lay a nice dark egg... maybe I'd get a green egg layer?

Also, if my white sultan is laying again, I may let my white silkie boys mate with her to hatch some sulkies

So many possibilities!

 

[3goodeggs]

Happy birthday

 

[SunshineSteedFarm]

Sounds like a good plan to me!