"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[Sally Sunshine]

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I see how beautiful!!!!! what a lovely area!!!!

 

[mlm Mike]

I would like to join this as well. I plan on putting my new bator to use this year.

Welcome!

I guess I need to fire up the incubator and give it a test run since my last run gave me 2 ducklings. Hopefully it will do better since the temp shouldn't drop to 11 in the house

Yep, fire that incubator up!

I am way behind...

WELCOME to all the folks that joined in the last 10 pages. I saw a few were new to incubating. I am too. Congrats!!! And I can't wait to read about your progress!

On a personal flock note, today was bad. Our neighbors dog broke into our run and killed 4 of our chicks today. Of course it only took 30 seconds and both myself and my kids were there to watch. This is our families first lose. I know they are chickens (as many say) but my eyes still had tears in them and my heart still broke. And today, after 2 particularly cruel comments, I made a decision that even if my farm animals are a future casseroles for our family or snack for a predetor, it will be loved while with me. This means that I may be more upset when thier life is over and that people will make fun of me, but, my animals will also, hopefully, only have 1 bad day in thier lives.

I am sure that everyone here has a similar story to mine and mine is not special. We learned a lot about chickens today. And locking options. I hope tomorrow's lesson is a simpler one, like "Chickens like lettuce".

I am so sorry that this happened to you.

 

[mlm Mike]

I'll join in to see what I can hatch!

Hello and welcome!

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Which Brinsea? It's surface area, not depth that control the humidity, Cover up part of the well if you need to lower it.

oh banti!! I should take pics for you lol

Yes, you should take during pics and post them for Banti!

 

[mlm Mike]

Gorgeous!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I didnt get to duckieeees pics yet!!!

 

[mlm Mike]

I didnt get to duckieeees pics yet!!!

Why not?

You need to get those done!

 

[BantyChooks]

I didnt get to duckieeees pics yet!!! 

Ducksssss! All mine!!

 

[rossfam06]

So I should be setting SLPs, BLRWs, and Silkies around the 2nd and the 3rd of April. Unsure of the egg totals.

 

[mlm Mike]

So I should be setting SLPs, BLRWs, and Silkies around the 2nd and the 3rd of April. Unsure of the egg totals.

Great!

 

[chicken19]

Can I join? I have some chicks that I'm hatching right now. They are 12 americaunas, 12 production reds, and 2 caramel queens.