OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

[Nsampsel]

An incubator is fairly simple to use. Collect your fertile eggs, which you can store at room temperature for up to 10 days. Store them fat side up. Get your incubator up to temp for 48 hours. Plop your eggs in them and forget about them for 7 days. 1st timers through about 3 hatches will candle every day..... it's fun. Candle after 7 days. Candling is fairly simple as well. take a box, cut a hole that you can lay an egg on, put a flashlight it it and go to a dark place. Don't worry about the eggs cooling, a hen does get off her eggs to eat and drink. You have a solid 20 minute window in my experience. Throw out non viable eggs. They can and do explode causing a stinky mess. put them back and forget about them for another week. Re candle. Day 18 add water to bring up humidity. Wait for hatch. If heat was a little high they will hatch on day 20, if low 22 days, average about 21 days. Once they pip, sometimes it takes them 12 hours to hatch. After day 18 do not remove the lid, this is when they are most fragile.

Enjoy.

BTW, if anyone ever get the urge, my farm is in Coshocton and we love visitors, so come on out, learn, teach, share ideas, thoughts, fellowship. Our doors are always open.

Shawn Dostie

Hi Shawn. Didn't reali2e you were on here.

 

[Nsampsel]

Hi everyone I am in Southwest Ohio near Kings Island. I have a few 9 week old silkies in assorted colors (mostly partridge) for sale. Local pickup only.

I have another girl down that way I'm trying to coordinate pick-up of cochins from. Would love some more details on your Silkies & maybe I can make my trip all at once

 

[Nsampsel]

Nan, I need to come out one day and see how you use incubator. As I said, all these thigns are new to me. Have a good one.

I went to Mt Hope the other day, got tons of groceries, chesse and made friend with an Amish family to stay there if I ever need to do during the exotice event.

I would love to see various things they bring in.

Ovi, you are welcome to visit any time. You know I'm always more than happy to help you with anything to do with your birds. How are they all doing now that you added the new ones...

I was at Mt Hope the past 2 Wednesdays, lurking in the poultry barn. Bought WAAAYYYYY too much as usual...LOL

 

[Nsampsel]

Hi, guys!
I'm in Alexandria, just west of Granville. We go up to Mt. Hope once a month, to buy organic feed from Maysville Elevator and stock up on meat and cheese from Mt. Hope Health. Where do you shop? And what's with the exotics? I went to the Mt. Hope flea market for years, skipped a few years, and went this spring. It was an auction now! Do they still have an exotics flea market?
If you're near Alexandria, stop by!
Oh, I saw earlier a discussion of prices. I'm charging $2.50. A woman from a co-op needs 70 dozen by this weekend, and is calling everyone.

The last exotics sale was 3 weeks ago. Next one is Sept 13-15. I'll be there as long as I have surplus chicks (which is highly likely

).

 

[Koipondduck]

Bill, I am near Cleveland as well and I also have Kois that are very large. Also ornamental water folws

 

[Koipondduck]

 

[Koipondduck]

I went to Mt. Hope to shop for cheese and goodies. I hung out and found an Amish home to stay during this exotic sale

 

[Koipondduck]

Thanks Nan, No, I had to add one female wood duck remember since the guy keep giving me female mandarine hen as a wood duck.

I will sell a pair and then I will have 7 in my aviary. That is why I am gonig. That is how I ended up with two mandarine pairs ending up with 10 remember?

My plan was to have 8 and that is it.

 

[Koipondduck]

nice looking chicken.

 

[Koipondduck]

wow, I will print it and save it Nan.