July 13, 2011 Hatch Day! STARTED!!!!

[LuvMyBLR]

How's it going?

 

[Ksane]

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The old saying "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" has somehow taken on a new meaning

 

[LadyBirdsPalace]

I know! I get watching everybody else and get nervous, I didn't even have a reason too but I bought another thermometer today to just be on the safe side!

Then my husband decides to inform me that he is buying me 25 pheasants that are only a couple days old....WHAT NOW? haha I don't know anything about gamebirds, so cmom, should he do this, what do I feed them? Can I feed them the medicated chick starter or do I find a gamebird starter, or.....

What's quintinp sorry for?

 

[C&Rman]

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Me too! Except ill be expecting peachicks!! Then once they hatch ill be placing in 50-60 coturnix quail eggs

 

[blkwdw]

I'll be putting in 18 silkie eggs tomorrow with the 12 turkeys, 8 ducks 1 peacock...and a partridge in a pear tree

All will be due to hatch 07/17...than I will HAVE to put the incubator up!! I will, I tell you, I will!!!

 

[LadyBirdsPalace]

All will be due to hatch 07/17...than I will HAVE to put the incubator up!! I will, I tell you, I will!!!

That's funny. My DH wants me to buy one and I am scared too cause I know I will go WAY overboard! So I just borrowed one for now and promised myself that was all for the year and maybe Santa will bring the kids and I an incubator for Christmas...

 

[greening]

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feed them either chick starter 24% protien (you can find it at TSC) or gamebird starter. pretty much anything with 24%-26% protien is what you need. phesants (depending on the breed) might fly away, so they probably wont be able to free range, unless you are okay with letting them go.

 

[LadyBirdsPalace]

Thank you for the pheasant info, will do!

 

[Christie Rhae]

I have a hatch date of July 15th! My first time. I have 28 wheaten ameraucana eggs that I had shipped about 4000 miles. Hope all goes well!

 

[LadyBirdsPalace]

HI Christie Rhae! All those eggs looked good once you had them shipped that far? I had 30 shipped about 1000kms and 3 of my turkey eggs had to be tossed but everything else looks good, that's the gamble...

I have a handful of kids myself, a million and one animals and live no where Hawaii! haha. Hope to one day get to visit here however! Ahhhh, a holiday....

Good Luck!