Oops... I may have gotten some chicks!

[jlpierce45]

my set up right now... some small and some big... so far it’s working out okay!! Of course I’m still watching to make sure littles aren’t getting trampled/pecked.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

We were planning to get 4, next thing we knew we had 7 chicks. We are also picking up one more tomorrow, so a total of 8. I know it’s not a lot, but we have a small flock, going to be a total of 15 chickens.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

We were planning to get 4, next thing we knew we had 7 chicks. We are also picking up one more tomorrow, so a total of 8. I know it’s not a lot, but we have a small flock, going to be a total of 15 chickens.

Oh yeah the one we are picking up tomorrow is a Lavender Orp. The others in the brooder is a Speckled Sussex, buff Brahma, Sapphire Gem, Barnevelder, barred rock, starlight green egger, and a Welsummer. All different breeds. Hoping they are hens!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Chicken math is real!!

It most certainly is!

I started with 1 Olive Egger, 1 Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, and 3 Cochin x Brahma mixes.

I then added 3 more blue wheaten Ameraucanas.

Then 5 “Easter Eggers” only two of which were actually EEs, one died and the other lays brown eggs. The rest Just mixes. I believe the girl out of the batch has Faverolles background.

Then we got a frizzle.

Then we got 2 “Lavender Orpington” and a “Barred Rock” pullets, two of which ended up male, and they were aLl actually just mixes.

Then we got a Cochin.

Now eight more chicks coming!

Out of the 18 I owned 8 were male, and that’s not bad at all. Less than 50%.

It was just hard rehoming so many boys. So now I only have 9 chickens. 8 pullets and 1 cockerel. (almost rooster )

 

[CHlCKEN]

I started with 4 but that shot up to 16 in a few months (oops.)

Now I have 7 and just barley hanging onto control.

 

[jlpierce45]

I started with 4 but that shot up to 16 in a few months (oops.)

Now I have 7 and just barley hanging onto control.

Lol I’ve never had control around chicks, kudos to you!!!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I came into the winter months with 29, including my ducks. Bought an incubator. As you can see from my signature below, I now have "several" more - about 50, with 12 incubating and due to hatch in a week +/-. I'll start another 12 after that.

its so bad I went and got NPIP certified - but I'm not **buying** any more birds, so that makes it OK, right?

right???

RIGHT??

Please tell me that makes it ok... ;p

 

[jlpierce45]

I came into the winter months with 29, including my ducks. Bought an incubator. As you can see from my signature below, I now have "several" more - about 50, with 12 incubating and due to hatch in a week +/-. I'll start another 12 after that.

its so bad I went and got NPIP certified - but I'm not **buying** any more birds, so that makes it OK, right?

right???

RIGHT??

Please tell me that makes it ok... ;p

surprisingly, I haven’t tried hatching before... I feel like I would have eggs in there nonstop! It may be best for me to steer clear from that direction, but maybe in the future I’ll give it a try!!

 

[Lemon-Drop]

surprisingly, I haven’t tried hatching before... I feel like I would have eggs in there nonstop! It may be best for me to steer clear from that direction, but maybe in the future I’ll give it a try!!

I also really want to try hatching, but i don’t have roosters and I can’t have roosters, so even if I bought eggs to hatch, they might be Roos.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I also really want to try hatching, but i don’t have roosters and I can’t have roosters, so even if I bought eggs to hatch, they might be Roos.

If you are prohibited from having Roos, then yes, best you steer clear of the Incubator aisle. Likewise, if you can't aggressively cull, as flock sizes even with only modest success incubating, can quickly explode when you grow your own.