HAHA no....addicted is the proper word I do believe! I'm going to do another candling this Sunday which I think is day 14 and see if the 2 I was certain was not developing are showing any signs and if not, out they come. I also had one I was unsure over which was the one I packed with wax, but I *think* it's going to be OK!
Have any of you heard of "egg sexing"? There was a lady on one of the fb groups for here in WV who said she was going to try her luck w/ egg sexing which apparently is an old farmers tale that if (If I'm remembering this right and if anyone's interested I'll find the post to verify) the ends are both flatter then it's a pullet egg, but if the little end is more pointy it's a cockerel egg. Sort of doubt it works that easily, but hey if you have the eggs yourself and want to have some fun, why not experiment?!
Also, once we reach lockdown since I'm having trouble keeping my humidity up, would it be in my best interest to mist the eggs quickly twice a day w/ luke warm water? It's not like much if any humidity is escaping for me to do this with the trouble I was having when regulating, but hey maybe that will change
Haha! I'd say that's dead on!
Is there a Chickens Anonymous? I'm focusing all my energy on not turning into a chicken hoarder. I think as long as they have food, water, space, and clean bedding that I'm okay, though that last one is hard to keep up with. Serious addiction problem here. Hopefully this hatch will be the last batch of chicks for a while.
I've got 40 chicks (Ameraucanas, Cornish X, mutts from last hatch) in various brooders/boxes in the basement.
Plus 37 hens, cockerels, and pullets in the main part of my shed (sex links, EEs, various breeds), plus 38 teenagers in the other half (EEs, Ameraucanas, Silkies).
And 23 eggs in the incubator (Olive Eggers, EEs, bantam mutts).
So tell me your chicken troubles. At least we've admitted we have a problem.
