Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[SunnySkies]

You know there is someone on CL that has a Dickey cabinet hatcher than can do used as an incubator!

I just saw that this morning! Going to ask for more info

ETA: showed the ad and the Dickey website with a photo of the hatcher listed on CL to hubby, who went NO NO NEVER.

I think he saw the size (hundreds of chicks..yay!) and saw our house full of chicks he gave me the look he does not give me often, the one that says, um, you have so many hair brained schemes and I put up with them, but this is not one of them.

Dickey has a really nice 2x2 cabinet they just added to the line that isn't much more than a high end Brinsea....he might go for that, as I couldn't hatch 1200 quail in it...We will see. My birthday is in a few more weeks.

 

[Leahs Mom]

This new boy who will be traveling to Texas to live with Dianne is going to be an extraordinary rooster. At not quite 4 months of age (hatched on May 26, 2013), he is as already big as some of my hens. He is also approximately 2/3-3/4 the size of some of my eight to nine month old roosters. And he is friendly! I will try to post some more recent pictures tomorrow.

How will you get him there?

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I will likely get an incubator at some point in the next year. The Genesis 1588 is always highly recommended.

Does anyone have experience with the Brinsea and the 1588? I'd like to hear your thoughts and comparisons.

 

[Leahs Mom]

After writing that, I saw this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/810418/genesis-1588-vs-brinsea-octagon-20-advanced-ex

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-model-1588-or-brinsea-mini-advance-automatic

 

[madamwlf]

I just saw that this morning! Going to ask for more info

ETA: showed the ad and the Dickey website with a photo of the hatcher listed on CL to hubby, who went NO NO NEVER.

I think he saw the size (hundreds of chicks..yay!) and saw our house full of chicks

he gave me the look he does not give me often, the one that says, um, you have so many hair brained schemes and I put up with them, but this is not one of them.

Dickey has a really nice 2x2 cabinet they just added to the line that isn't much more than a high end Brinsea....he might go for that, as I couldn't hatch 1200 quail in it...We will see. My birthday is in a few more weeks.

I know the lady that is selling it. I think it's her. I can highly recommend Dickey's cabinets! And I would say keep the styrofoam incubators to hatch in. Keeps you new incubator clean.

 

[TxFlowers]

How will you get him there?


I will likely get an incubator at some point in the next year. The Genesis 1588 is always highly recommended.

Does anyone have experience with the Brinsea and the 1588? I'd like to hear your thoughts and comparisons.

I have 3 of the 1588s and one GQF 2363N. I used the 1588s for incubating and then hatch in the other which is less expensive and without all that costly electronics so I don't worry about all the hatching "fuzz" messing up the electronics on the 1588s. I never tried the Brisnea but did start out with some cheaper Styrofoam models and it's like day and night with the 1588. I love mine and would highly recommend them for an excellent but still reasonably priced table top incubator. Also the 1588 can be powered by the car DC plug or a 12 v battery which came in handy when I had a power outage and a bunch of very expensive eggs incubating. From this point I would only go up to a cabinet model.

 

[KYTinpusher]

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I thought about getting a Dickey cabinet incubator instead of the second Brinsea. The cost wasn't that much more, but I knew I would get myself in trouble with that much capacity. Heck, I get myself into too much trouble with the 2 Brinseas.

I think this spring I will wish that I bought the cabinet, though.

 

[ki4got]

I'd love to have a larger incubator too, but like others, i'd be afraid to get in trouble more than I already do. LOL so i'll stick with my 4 hovabataors (3 incubate 1 hatch)

 

[AuroraSprings]

SFH Chicken Chain

Bulldogma - Near Greatna, VA (1 hr from Roanoke, VA / 2 hours from Greensboro, NC / 3 hours from Johnson City, TN)

ki4got - between Roanoke and Blacksburg VA (about 2 hours from Bulldogma)

TarheelBirdy - Liberty, NC (In the Triad area; 15 minutes from Greensboro, NC and Burlington, NC; 1 hr from RDU).

Bernie56 - Fairburn, Ga. (Atlanta metro; near Hartsfeild/Jackson Int. Airport)

jbarrett - Groveland, FL ( 1 hr north of Orlando, 1 hr south of Ocala

SunnySkies - Mount Airy, MD (1 hour north of Washington DC, 45 minutes west of Baltimore, 20 minutes west of Frederick, 1.25 hours south of Gettysburg, PA).

cathiesue - Collinsville OK (20 minutes north of Tulsa Oklahoma)

pugbug- Independence, La (1 hr from Baton Rouge, 1 1/2 hr from New Orleans)

Dahlisgrams - Eastern Long Island, NY. Fairly convenient access to the Cross Sound Ferry terminal to New London, CT.

ChickNmamma -- Jackson, CA (1 hour away from Sacramento, CA)

Laingcroft - Powhatan, VA (1 hour west of Richmond, VA )

Frizzled Pink - Olathe Ks 30 min west of Kansas City

Jmarie- Hampton, VA (1 Hr south of Richmond)

chiques chicks - Lancaster, Pa

KYTinpusher - Owen Co., KY (halfway between Cincinnati and Louisville)

lawatt -- Sonoma County, CA (one hour north of San Francisco)

BHep - Faison, NC ( middle of no- where)

SandBsmom - Snohomish,Wa (20mins outside of Seattle)

kraftyladies - O'Brien, FL (1 1/2 hrs west of Jacksonville)

MaryRuthLangdon - Four Oaks, NC ( Very small town - 1/2 hour south of Raleigh, NC

lawatt -- sonoma county, CA (an hour north of San Francisco)

Knock Kneed Hen - in the mountains of east San Diego county

Spifflove-Somwhere this side of the Rio Grande in South Texas.

Leahs Mom - Near South Bend, IN

Tnbearchick - Johnson City, TN near Bristol Motor Speedway(north of Knoxville)

lcatty - Las Cruces, NM (45-50 min. north of El Paso, TX)

NW Chick Gal - Hayward, WI (Northwestern Wisconsin, 2 hours southeast of Duluth, MN)

Just Struttin Farm - Novato CA (30 Miles North of San Francicso)

CasieD - Marathon, WI (central Wis. just west of Wausau close to HWY 29)

Raven1 - Carhage, TN - about an hour east of Nashville.

Red Ridge Farm - East TN

HaplessRunner - High Water Hill Farm, Lovettsville, VA (near VA-MD-WV border)

TxFlowers - Livingston, Texas. Hr's drive north of Houston.

Fiesta Feathers - Goddard Family Homestead, Boerne, TX (30 minutes from San Antonio)

Minihorse927 - Adams County, Ohio. 45 minutes from Kentucky

AuroraSprings - Atlanta metro, GA. west along I-20.

 

[HaplessRunner]

Some pictures of the (not) so little Roo (a Gunnar & Ginger son) going to Dianne in Texas (ggodardd). I have not named him because Dianne would like to do that.

Introducing, Harley's younger brother!











Some recent pictures of Harley

 

[goddardd]

I think he could end up looking very similar to Harley?
What do you think?
Diane