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@MisfitMarie Yay! for 25 eggs. It's neat that the largest eggs were also the most viable. Any hens that come from them should also be jumbo egg layers. It will be fun trying to determine their breed unless it is super obvious. I mean they are "Rock Island" eggs, maybe some type of "Rock" like a barred or white rock?
I am new to incubating. My question is this: is there any reason you are using the dry method? Just curious. There seems to be so many different ways to hatch eggs and it can be confusing at times. I made a styrofoam cooler incubator and I think it will be ok. I wanted some grocery store eggs to hatch because it is sort of a rescue mission for eggs that would otherwise be eaten by the people who shop at WF/TJ. Plus I would feel odd putting $30 worth of eggs into a device I built for $13. At least until I had proven that it would work.
A couple people on Craigslist have fertile eggs from $5-$7 a dozen for barnyard mix. I only plan to keep 2 or 3 pullets and sell or give away any others. What do you plan to do with your chicks?
I am new to incubating. My question is this: is there any reason you are using the dry method? Just curious. There seems to be so many different ways to hatch eggs and it can be confusing at times. I made a styrofoam cooler incubator and I think it will be ok. I wanted some grocery store eggs to hatch because it is sort of a rescue mission for eggs that would otherwise be eaten by the people who shop at WF/TJ. Plus I would feel odd putting $30 worth of eggs into a device I built for $13. At least until I had proven that it would work.
A couple people on Craigslist have fertile eggs from $5-$7 a dozen for barnyard mix. I only plan to keep 2 or 3 pullets and sell or give away any others. What do you plan to do with your chicks?