Mahonri's 2nd Annual NYDHatch, watching them grow...

[ginbart]

Boy it took me 1/2 an hour to read from where I ended the last time I was on here.

I drove today to hinkic's house, about 80 miles, to get my Buff's (17) and she had 9 white Buff's so I had to get them, I didn't want them to feel left out. LOL My Buff's from FlashPointFarm is on the way. Now all I need is my new bator it said it was shipped out today and I should get it on Thursday. If not I'll get the old one out and use that until the new one comes.

I guess there will be a lot of people staying up on new years watching their bators.

Good luck everyone.

 

[SteveH]

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Well forget the early start , I went out to check the pens tonight and she was off the eggs and they were quite cold .

 

[debilorrah]

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Well forget the early start , I went out to check the pens tonight and she was off the eggs and they were quite cold .

Get em into your bator!!!!

 

[Rathbone]

This is actually a really cool idea. Normally on a new year's eve - I do the same thing I do every night and sensibly go to bed early. This year I will hover in open-mouthed fascination over the incubator.

 

[SteveH]

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That's great !

 

[SteveH]

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I have no broodies at this time, BUT I do have eggs in the bator ..... OMGosh, I think I must be crazy.... I have hatches due Dec 11, Dec 17, Dec 23, .....

I am just practicing for spring, ya know.

Maybe if you act like its spring it will get here sooner ? One batch to care for all winter is enough for me , but maybe if the Ameraucanas start laying towards the end of winter .....................................................

 

[daisychick]

Ok I am officially in! My new bator should be here on the 9th, if not I will use the old one until new one gets here and transfer them over. I have 30 quail eggs coming in the mail so hopefully they will be here on time and in good shape.

If not I started saving some of my own chicken eggs just in case, they are silkie X lavendar ameraucana ( which makes a really cool looking bird if I do say so myself).

 

[Hens and Roos]

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My DH doesn't notice. I was hiding 2 blue English Orps and when he "found" them, he thought they hatched with the others. (ummm, they're like twice the size and a different breed!) I should have let him go on thinking that.

ETA: I should add that it only works if they are not in "his" buildings. Hell hath no fury like intruding on the "man cave".

I can relate to that but my DH is a good sport and actually made a pen in 1 corner of the work garage so that we can have it for chickens(currently using it) or when we had foster puppies.... he does make teasing comments of course in fact he pretty much said that if the kids are showing birds for 4-H projects than them need to have ones that can be shown! He's into just as much as the rest of us! In fact 1 chick from our test hatch come out with a lot of gunk on it and DH helped wash it off so the chick could move.

 

[ginbart]

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Are they your eggs? I would just say you got them mixed up.

Or if they were shipped I would say they must have mixed them up.

 

[halo]

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What are white buffs?