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Cammy did not take it like that, don't worry
Have been doing some research in the past few hours. There is a group over here that will incubate your eggs in a bator for $25 a week. No promises that you will get anything. I was going to call them and ask what paperwork they have and see what they send me (on their site they said all paperwork to be signed prior to eggs being delivered.)
I can understand why people over here would do this. I see all your posts how you order mixed dozens in the mail or you jump on line and order 12 or 24 one day old chicks or run down to your local produce store and buy some, oh how I envey you guys!
There is one pet shop in Melbourne that sells 1 - 2 week old chickens and they are "variety" a friend got them, they all ended up being rooster and she got two bantams and three RIR. She was not allowed to pick her chicks it was a lucky dips which is shocking. The other options is the Melbourne Show they have a large box of Chickens for 50c each, last time I did that I ended up with all roosters and so do other people I know.
The other option is to rent a chook where you rent a hutch and a couple of "friendly" bantams but these can cost $400 upwards for the first rental and alot of the time you can't buy the chook you got in the rental you have to get another "younger more productive" chook and that one is normally feral! (they suck you in with a quiet one then sell you a flight one and normally you HAVE to buy their hutches even though they are the horrible WAY to small A frames)
There is a huge amount of breeders who sell fertile eggs (some even state that if you get less then a 50% hatch rate then they give you a part refund.) I like the idea of having baby chickens, however I am only allowed 5 adults (rang the council any chickens under 10 weeks of age are not counted) this way I don't have to worry about giving them away or finding new homes as the renter will have one lined up. We are not allowed rooster so don't want to run the risk of holding onto one a bit long and then get in trouble with the council. Let the renter take that chance.
I like the idea of the kids paying the babies a visit once they are hatched, sort of makes it a more involved process rather then a went to pet shop and got animal thing. I have the facilities to take the chicks off the hen if she is having issues and I would only do this if she proves to be a good hatcher and a good mother (so will have to do a few test runs first)
Have been doing some research in the past few hours. There is a group over here that will incubate your eggs in a bator for $25 a week. No promises that you will get anything. I was going to call them and ask what paperwork they have and see what they send me (on their site they said all paperwork to be signed prior to eggs being delivered.)
I can understand why people over here would do this. I see all your posts how you order mixed dozens in the mail or you jump on line and order 12 or 24 one day old chicks or run down to your local produce store and buy some, oh how I envey you guys!
There is one pet shop in Melbourne that sells 1 - 2 week old chickens and they are "variety" a friend got them, they all ended up being rooster and she got two bantams and three RIR. She was not allowed to pick her chicks it was a lucky dips which is shocking. The other options is the Melbourne Show they have a large box of Chickens for 50c each, last time I did that I ended up with all roosters and so do other people I know.
The other option is to rent a chook where you rent a hutch and a couple of "friendly" bantams but these can cost $400 upwards for the first rental and alot of the time you can't buy the chook you got in the rental you have to get another "younger more productive" chook and that one is normally feral! (they suck you in with a quiet one then sell you a flight one and normally you HAVE to buy their hutches even though they are the horrible WAY to small A frames)
There is a huge amount of breeders who sell fertile eggs (some even state that if you get less then a 50% hatch rate then they give you a part refund.) I like the idea of having baby chickens, however I am only allowed 5 adults (rang the council any chickens under 10 weeks of age are not counted) this way I don't have to worry about giving them away or finding new homes as the renter will have one lined up. We are not allowed rooster so don't want to run the risk of holding onto one a bit long and then get in trouble with the council. Let the renter take that chance.
I like the idea of the kids paying the babies a visit once they are hatched, sort of makes it a more involved process rather then a went to pet shop and got animal thing. I have the facilities to take the chicks off the hen if she is having issues and I would only do this if she proves to be a good hatcher and a good mother (so will have to do a few test runs first)
