ROOKY MISTAKE TO SHARE

[sylviethecochin]

Also, Welcome to BYC!

 

[NNYchick]

Rookie here to try to avoid mistakes.

 

[Conan]

I would like to start working on a plan for an incubator. My hubby gets uptight when I start talking about spending that kind of money on our chickens so I would like to get some great ideas on VERY INEXPENSIVE/YET EFFECTIVE incubators

Get yourself a bantam hen! They will sit on literally anything - I have mottled cochin bantams and I can't get the girls to stop going broody. Even had one hide a nest under the deck and now I've got seven six week old chicks! Should be a pretty cheap fix!

 

[ZombieMadHatter]

There are systems out there which totally eliminate the need for heat lamps. Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder is one I advocate strongly.

I will try that this time around when I get chicks again. I rigged up a different heat source when I brought home my 4 chicks last time but that heat lamp fiasco still gives me nightmares.
It was my rookie mistake