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Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by Armstrongman101, Sep 18, 2013.

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  1. Sep 18, 2013 #1
    Armstrongman101

    Armstrongman101 Hatching

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    Hi, im from stephenville , tx . I own a trucking company and i bought ducks to kill ticks. Then i ended up buying some chickens. Now we have 10 ducks and 17 chickens. Then i have a lady hatching out 15 more for me by oct 4th. Plus i heard theres a small small chance of HEB organic eggs being fertile. So yesterday i went to HEB and i bought 36 organic eggs from three different eggs farms. I put them under two 65 watt bulbs. Just wandering what happens. Chickens are awesome for stress i want 400-500 chickens but my wife said NO. So maybe 40-50.
     
  2. Sep 19, 2013 #2
    drumstick diva

    drumstick diva Still crazy after all these years. Premium Member 8 Years

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    [​IMG] your wife is very wise.
     
  3. Sep 19, 2013 #3
    sumi

    sumi Égalité Staff Member 7 Years

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    Welcome to BYC [​IMG] Glad you joined us! If you want to hatch eggs you will do better with an incubator of some sort. Here are some home-made incubator ideas:

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=19675
    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=21547
    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8510
    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=19496

    And this article will basically tell you everything you need to know about incubating eggs:

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

    And don't tell your wife I told you [​IMG]
     
  4. Sep 19, 2013 #4
    Armstrongman101

    Armstrongman101 Hatching

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    Thank you !! Yeah i gotta kinda lay off talking about chickens !! Lol. But tonight i will start studying incubators !!!! ;) Wouldn it be realaxing to have a barn with several thousand ??
     
  5. Sep 19, 2013 #5
    Bullitt

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    Welcome!

    I have family in Stephenville.

    Are the organic eggs at the HEB grocery stores refrigerated?

    That would be neat if you could just go to the grocery store, buy eggs, and put them in an incubator to hatch. They probably use sex-link chickens for the brown eggs, so the chicks would be all mixed up, if they did hatch. The white eggs would probably give you White Leghorns or White Leghorn hybrids.
     
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  6. Sep 19, 2013 #6
    JonClucken

    JonClucken In the Brooder

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    Welcome to Backyard chickens another Texas chicken raiser never knew there was sooo many of us!
     
  7. Sep 19, 2013 #7
    BantamFan4Life

    BantamFan4Life LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO. Premium Member

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    Welcome to BYC! [​IMG]
     
  8. Sep 19, 2013 #8
    liz9910

    liz9910 Crowing

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    Welcome to BYC! A couple thousand? LOL
     
  9. Sep 19, 2013 #9
    glendaschicks

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    Welcome! Wow 400-500 chickens? Good luck with your 40-50. [​IMG]
     

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