She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[WVduckchick]

it may be or may not be. I don't know what size yours was/is.

You don't want to know...

 

[scflock]

You don't want to know...

Big enough

 

[scflock]

Ah ok. Thank you kind sirs.

Here's the setup I want. Taken of Pinterest.

Or this:

That bottom picture is the direction I am heading. Much easier access

 

[RubyNala97]

I have 8 layers and I average 4-5 eggs daily. I don't usually get less than 3 or more than 6. A couple days ago I got 7 and today I got 8. Pretty sure it's the first time I've had all 8 lay in one day. I was pretty happy. Of course the two days in between I got 2 and 3 lol,

Sounds perfect to me! Nice!

Why yes Ma'am.....jewelry. Lol!!! You heard of them huh?

Yup! I've gotten suckered into going to a lot of those parties!

i now have 6 in brooder - 3 silkies - 2 EE and one BYC 5 more are pipped - 1 is in the end fartherst from the aircell, but it got a really big hole so i think it will be ok. .

SJ, first, congrats on all the hatches and the babies in the brooder!! Second, what is up with those pips?

Ok, to tempt Don to post some pics of his setup, I took some pics of mine: Ameraucanas and cuckoo marans. This is a duplex. Coop and pen divided down the middle. The wooden table outside the pen is the cooler my darling Amy is so fond of View from the house. Booted bantams in front, silkies behind in the seafoam green coop When I started, the green coop was the entire operation. The roost area was from the left shutter back, and the rest was the enclosed run. It housed 4 buff Orpington pullets. When I bought the red building for the growing layer population, my wife decided she wanted silkies. This is when my fascination with the different breeds started. This is the other side of the bantams/silkie pens, and one entrance into the layer pen. The red barn is the layer coop. There's an enclosed run between the coop and the pen under the waterer. The bare area out front is where I let the girls out when I'm around. It was almost dark, so everyone was heading to bed All of this at one time was one big pen. I subdivided it for more coops. The EEs are in the "hallway", and the two doors on the left lead to the BCM and juvenile pens Little butt Tate is in the purple coop pen, and the yellow coop is the juvenile pen, currently vacant waiting for Tate's kids. The purple coop will come out this winter, and I will turn the entire back 1/4 of that pen into a larger, permanent coop Ok, Don, show us how the professionals do it

I like the setup, SC. Mine will probably be something like that in 6 years if I don't move to a farm with stables, which is the dream plan. I love the sea foam green coop! One question, are the wood triangles for support of the frame? And how many different breeds do you have right now?

Okay my little Roo is out!!!!! Lol!!! Super cute non the less. Any one want to buy a CCL Cockerel from me?

Congrats on the baby!

Ah ok. Thank you kind sirs. Here's the setup I want. Taken of Pinterest.

Or this:

Love this. Looks very similar to the setup that the top peafowl breeders have.

 

[silkiecuddles]

That bottom picture is the direction I am heading. Much easier access

Yes. Plus, it looks neat and tidy. What I've got now is just scattered coops/hutches.

It's an Easter Egger

Thats what I thought.

 

[dan26552]

Yes. Plus, it looks neat and tidy. What I've got now is just scattered coops/hutches.
Thats what I thought.

If it says Blue OR green eggs its mostly likely an EE, Ameracaunas are supposed to lay blue eggs

 

[WVduckchick]

Big enough

Yea, that's what they all say...

Yes. Plus, it looks neat and tidy. What I've got now is just scattered coops/hutches.

I like those also... I really need to re-organize mine. Dang chicken math...

 

[scflock]

Sounds perfect to me! Nice!
Yup! I've gotten suckered into going to a lot of those parties!
SJ, first, congrats on all the hatches and the babies in the brooder!! Second, what is up with those pips?
I like the setup, SC. Mine will probably be something like that in 6 years if I don't move to a farm with stables, which is the dream plan. I love the sea foam green coop! One question, are the wood triangles for support of the frame? And how many different breeds do you have right now?
Congrats on the baby!
Love this. Looks very similar to the setup that the top peafowl breeders have.

The wood triangles come from these:

 

[Joyryder]

Hi I have been reading this post for the past 2 days. Love it! I haven't hatched in three years, because I moved from NY to PA, and I couldn't take my flock with me. I'm ready to start again. My coop is almost done. I couldn't find hatching eggs or chicks locally. So I purchase pullet chicks from Cackle Hatchery; 9 EE's and 7 Salmon Faverolle. And Shipped eggs 19 from a friend in NJ and 12 from Ebay. I bought a Brinsea 6 years ago, because it had great reviews (set it and leave it - fully automatic - just add water) and I was a novice. And most of the time I had great hatches with. 85% on shipped eggs. That % might have been higher because my first egg autopsy was my last. Couldn't handle the smell. So I might have had infertile eggs. All my eggs were to dark to candle, BCM, OE, EE, and Ameraucanas. But I am a researcher. So I started rereading Incubating information and there new data on hatching. Excellent or is it! I knew about weighing eggs but didn't. "New rules for shipped eggs" - don't turn them for 10 days, close the vent for 7 days but this has a major effect on humidity and appears contradictory. And everyone is suggesting humidity should be lower. A 2 hour cool down period should be done. And timing - warnings about lock down should be exactly 18 full days, not +/- a few hours. Okay I'm not a scientist, I am a financial analyst and except 4% variances. I set the eggs last Friday at 7pm. I did weigh each one, numbered them and candled them for cracks. Created a log and a calendar. The turner is not on. I put a 1/4 cup of water in 1 channel and closed the vent. Now the humidity stayed in the 50's. Tomorrow at 7ish I will candle turn on the turner and go back to my old "set and leave them method". I think the less I handle them the better. I did buy a new cool temp candler for dark eggs, so I have to use it. This other stuff is too much - will it improve my hatch rate or quality - IDK. Other than not turning - is any of the "new rules" important?

 

[scflock]

Hi I have been reading this post for the past 2 days.  Love it!  I haven't hatched in three years, because I moved from NY to PA, and I couldn't take my flock with me.  I'm ready to start again.  My coop is almost done.  I couldn't find hatching eggs or chicks locally.  So I purchase pullet chicks from Cackle Hatchery; 9 EE's and 7 Salmon Faverolle.  And Shipped eggs 19 from a friend in NJ and 12 from Ebay.  I bought a Brinsea 6 years ago, because it had great reviews (set it and leave it - fully automatic - just add water) and I was a novice.   And most of the time I had great hatches with.  85% on shipped eggs.  That % might have been higher because  my first egg autopsy was my last.  Couldn't handle the smell.  So I might have had infertile eggs.  All my eggs were to dark to candle, BCM, OE, EE, and Ameraucanas.  But I am a researcher.  So I started rereading Incubating information and there new data on hatching.  Excellent or is it!  I knew about weighing eggs but didn't.  "New rules for shipped eggs" - don't turn them for 10 days, close the vent for 7 days but this has a major effect on humidity and appears contradictory.  And everyone is suggesting humidity should be lower. A 2 hour cool down period should be done.  And timing - warnings about lock down should be exactly 18 full days, not +/- a few hours.  Okay I'm not a scientist, I am a financial analyst and except 4% variances.  I set the eggs last Friday at 7pm. I did weigh each one, numbered them and candled them for cracks. Created a log and a calendar. The turner is not on.  I put a 1/4 cup of water in 1 channel and closed the vent.   Now the humidity stayed in the 50's.  Tomorrow at 7ish I will candle turn on the turner and go back to my old "set and leave them method".  I think the less I handle them the better.  I did buy a new cool temp candler for dark eggs, so I have to use it. This other stuff is too much - will it improve my hatch rate or quality - IDK.  Other than not turning - is any of the "new rules" important?

I have a Brinsea with the cool down feature. I don't use it. Like you, I hatch 85% +. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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