My friend in the NW who is holding my hand through all this says I should try eggs from different sources. I have a friend in Laurens who has had good hatches say that she will collect some eggs for me. Also there is a person on Craigslist show girl?. I could get some of her eggs. Maybe I could get some eggs from some of you? I started this(we homeschool) kind of as a fun project. It did not turn out fun. Most people say though that you just have to learn from your mistakes and try again. I want this to be a positive experience for the kids and me! So any tips will be helpful! I am not looking for show quality or any breed in particular. We have a barred rock chick. BTW I tried medical tape on its feet but he pecked that right off! lol! I will try the band aid but I need a smaller band aid than what I have--it is an angry bird band aid which makes me laugh!! It will be nice to meet you all! Neat to meet others with chickens!!
I have no idea when it pipped today since I was at work..so it might have been trying for a long time. Plus it didn't help that it decided to pip on the wrong end. Overall, it was a bad incubation since I had to stick it in my old incubator and the thermometer in there is really hard to read. Better luck next time I guess! My broody is still sitting on 10 call duck eggs and 4 chicken eggs so about 2 more weeks and I should have duckies and chickies. I'm going to take the call eggs from her and hatch them in my brinsea though. I don't trust the other chickens not to peck them to death.
Yay.. My oldest babies are graduating from the brooder tomorrow (weather permitting).. So now we will have 5 left in the brooder for another week or 2 ?? (not sure on ages exactly).. But the main issue is we have to get a duck coop built immediately.. Please don't get me wrong I love the Pekin Ducks, but they are super duper noisy and messy.. Where I usually clean the brooder once a week, I"m having to clean 3-4 times a week due to the ducks..Ugg.. and this week has been hard to keep up since Faith has been PASS testing all week in g'ville.. makes for long days for sure..
