Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: And Everything Thereafter

[ChickenChick46]

They'll be a good experiment bunch. Adam will be happy to have more layers, I'm sure

My plan right now is to get an incubator and then get some easy to come by BYM eggs, probably just from my neighbor. That way I can get a feel for the process before I pay more money for shipped eggs for specific breeds. Anything I hatch out from her birds that I wouldn't want to keep, she'd take right back and add to her flock, so that wouldn't be an issue.

 

[redinator]

My plan right now is to get an incubator and then get some easy to come by BYM eggs, probably just from my neighbor. That way I can get a feel for the process before I pay more money for shipped eggs for specific breeds. Anything I hatch out from her birds that I wouldn't want to keep, she'd take right back and add to her flock, so that wouldn't be an issue.

I have a neighbor I gave a unrelated male chick to earlier this spring. We plan to swap a few chicks back and forth to decrease the likelihood of inbreeding.

 

[ChickenChick46]

I have a neighbor I gave a unrelated male chick to earlier this spring. We plan to swap a few chicks back and forth to decrease the likelihood of inbreeding.

I love that! My neighbor and I hand similar plans. She and I get along great and share the crazy chicken passion. She actually just texted me a screenshot showing me that a lady one town over is selling bantam cochin hatching eggs. She's NPIP (not that that is a requirement for me) and has all the colors I want!

 

[redinator]

I love that! My neighbor and I hand similar plans. She and I get along great and share the crazy chicken passion. She actually just texted me a screenshot showing me that a lady one town over is selling bantam cochin hatching eggs. She's NPIP (not that that is a requirement for me) and has all the colors I want!

Go get em! And stop for an incubator on the way.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Go get em! And stop for an incubator on the way.

It's taking everything in my power not to! I've got 5 chicks in the brooder. But cochins....

 

[redinator]

Ok, so for dry hatching the ambient humidity in the incubator has to stay around 15%. I live in a humid region, so I'll have to check if dry hatching is even an option. Testing incubators tonight and possibly tomorrow.

 

[redinator]

It's taking everything in my power not to! I've got 5 chicks in the brooder. But cochins....

So, that's like 2 and a half. right? Eggs take 21 days to hatch, the chicks you have will likely be outside by then.

I'll stop, I know how hard it is to make the right decision when a lil devil in a chick suit lives on your shoulder. /

 

[ChickenChick46]

So, that's like 2 and a half. right? Eggs take 21 days to hatch, the chicks you have will likely be outside by then.

I'll stop, I know how hard it is to make the right decision when a lil devil in a chick suit lives on your shoulder. /

Or when an actual chicken is sitting on my shoulder, being so cute that I just HAVE to get more.

 

[redinator]

Or when an actual chicken is sitting on my shoulder, being so cute that I just HAVE to get more.

Yeah, that doesn't help, not one little bit.

 

[redinator]

I think chickens are making me bipolar. This morning I was a sobbing mess thinking I lost three chicks. Now I'm all giddy and excited to hatch some more chicks . . . what on Earth is going on, lol.