Michigan Hatchers! What'cha got cookin?

[mindylee]

Im on budget plan so pay the same every month untill a yrly adjustment.

But yep...
House
Heated bucket
3 brooder lamps
1 bator
Radio in barn for bunnies and chickens to listen too

My horses drink from 5 gallon buckets so no heating there so that helps and chickens drink from bowl. I give fresh water to them everyday.

 

[Chickens R Us]

My electric bill is way up this winter, probably from the furnace blower running so much from the extremely cold weather we are having. Yet again another morning of -25F.

 

[jlynnet]

Loading up the incubator again. Swedish Flower Hens, Jubilee Orps, Partridge Orps and a few Tolbunts.

 

[aart]

Candled again tonite....day 14.... 7 movers for sure, 5 definite clears, and a bunch of ??'s, just can't see.....7 more days!

 

[JackieandChicks]

When I candle mine, I have 14 of the 16 I can't see through (I don't have a strong flashlight, on my to-get list) and two that I can see through with the yolk at the air cell. They were set on 2/21 - so this is day 9. I am assuming the ones with the air cells and that I can't see through are happening? Got to get that darned flashlight....

 

[JackieandChicks]

Im on budget plan so pay the same every month untill a yrly adjustment.

But yep...
House
Heated bucket
3 brooder lamps
1 bator
Radio in barn for bunnies and chickens to listen too

My horses drink from 5 gallon buckets so no heating there so that helps and chickens drink from bowl. I give fresh water to them everyday.

Hahaha on the radio! The only time I turn mine on (except when I am out there cleaning stalls) is when two years in a row skunks thought they could move in. My horses have the 5 gallon buckets, too, but they freeze overnight when it drops into the 20's.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Not sure i can hatch now. With a $500 vet bill on ONE chicken (look on MI thread), it might be a while till I can get more. :/

 

[aart]

Air cell growth is not progressing as much as my first hatch and weight reduction not as consistent (might be the scale is screwy) despite very low and inconsistent humidity 0-40% has me concerned....only time will tell.

 

[mattsinger]

Air cell growth is not progressing as much as my first hatch and weight reduction not as consistent (might be the scale is screwy) despite very low and inconsistent humidity 0-40% has me concerned....only time will tell.

Not much longer now......

 

[naglady]

aart i alway dry hatch, and low humidity is how i get good hatches, just bring it up when they start pipping.. good luck.

I use a strand of christmas lights and heated water bucket in my outside coop and had no decrease in laying from my hens this winter.. i am still getting a good number of eggs. i get 9-10 eggs a day out of 11 hens.. even my brooder in the house i use a 60w bulb.. and last year i used a 15w bulb in my coop instead of xmas lights. and still got a good amount of eggs.. lowering the wattage i am sure can help save on electric bill, its the lighting not the heat that keep them laying..


peepchicken sorry to hear about your chicken.