lilwildrabbit
Songster
Hey all my name is Tim Hull I started raising chickens last spring after getting some biddies from Tractor supply. Not having chickens for years I couldn't pass up the opportunity of getting 60 biddies for 40 bucks so after a while I had about 40 full sized birds this last fall 5 roosters and 35 hens all was great then started getting eggs bunches 20+ a day. But about two weeks ago we had an issue with my hen house and I lost almost 30 birds (neibours dogs). Of course I was devastated no fresh eggs dead birds everywhere and animal control not giving a dang about looking for the dogs that did it.
So here I am in trouble no roosters left, and I had 3 great big ones that were over 14lbs! So knowing I can't recoup the funds to buy more birds or biddies from hatcheries. I'm on disability and the birds have become my self preservation project. So all I could do is look at what I could do with very little funds namely feed money and some I had from selling eggs about 100 dollars. So with about 14 eggs that wasn't put in the fridge I ordered an incubator. Well it came in yesterday. It's set up and running with a bunch of eggs that I saved from the dreaded fridge. All are over two weeks old. My sitting hen (her first sitting gave me 2 biddies) was one of the ones that got it. Knowing that with the terror the birds I had left wouldn't even try to sit. I have never used an incubator before so all this is new. But I'm hoping that you experts on here might help out me and my delema. By any advice you can give me. My first question is can you incubate refrigerated eggs that are over two weeks? If so I can fill the rest of the incubator tomorrow on the second level and better my chances on getting my flock back. Please help
So here I am in trouble no roosters left, and I had 3 great big ones that were over 14lbs! So knowing I can't recoup the funds to buy more birds or biddies from hatcheries. I'm on disability and the birds have become my self preservation project. So all I could do is look at what I could do with very little funds namely feed money and some I had from selling eggs about 100 dollars. So with about 14 eggs that wasn't put in the fridge I ordered an incubator. Well it came in yesterday. It's set up and running with a bunch of eggs that I saved from the dreaded fridge. All are over two weeks old. My sitting hen (her first sitting gave me 2 biddies) was one of the ones that got it. Knowing that with the terror the birds I had left wouldn't even try to sit. I have never used an incubator before so all this is new. But I'm hoping that you experts on here might help out me and my delema. By any advice you can give me. My first question is can you incubate refrigerated eggs that are over two weeks? If so I can fill the rest of the incubator tomorrow on the second level and better my chances on getting my flock back. Please help
and sorry you lost all those birds!
