The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[TJChickens]

I just tell my husband I'm getting more birds. He says "OK" and doesn't argue.

I want that one

 

[Happy Chooks]

My husband says I'm only allowed to have 50 chickens

Wow, he is extra generous!

I started with 7 chicks 6 years ago. I am now at .......... Well, I'm not counting them. It's for sure over 50 - probably closer to 75. I'm zoned agricultural, so I can legally have 100,

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

I may need help hatching some sebbies... none of the eggs are doing good! All of them are fertile but die after day 7... Help? I keep water in there all the time!

Do you cool them and mist them daily after the first week? Waterfowl need the extra cooling period and the moistening, and sebbies really need it. They are notoriously hard to hatch, and with them, the cool down and warm misting is mandatory.

 

[Razadia]

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I mostly use Accurite digital thermometer/hydrometers. I get them from Walmart (http://www.walmart.com/ip/16888914) for about $10. It's always a good idea to calibrate them against a known good thermometer (human fever thermometers are good).

Thanks! I'll have to look into getting one.

 

[ronott1]

I mostly use Accurite digital thermometer/hydrometers. I get them from Walmart (http://www.walmart.com/ip/16888914) for about $10. It's always a good idea to calibrate them against a known good thermometer (human fever thermometers are good).

Thanks! I'll have to look into getting one.

that thermometer is not accurate enough. You need one that read in tenths.

Spend twenty bucks and buy a brinsea spot check.

 

[Dustystrail]

I just tell my husband I'm getting more birds. He says "OK" and doesn't argue. 

Mine either makes faces or pretends he's not listening. He stopped commenting on the number of critters we have a long time ago.

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Mine either makes faces or pretends he's not listening. He stopped commenting on the number of critters we have a long time ago.

Denying the chicken math... Equally good, since it sounds like he has accepted his fate with only a small, obligatory protest!

 

[emvickrey]

We're 3 weeks out from the set date for chicken eggs and I still need to get thermometers and a new humidity gage since mom lost mine. No idea how that happened. I'm just going to get another PETCO brand gage, but I'm not 100% on whether to get fish tank thermometers or not.

What would y'all suggest?

I use the small white thermometer/hydrometer from Walmart. When I got mine they were only $7. I've had them for 6 years and just now need to replace one. They take 1 AAA battery that will last a year

 

[emvickrey]

Mine either makes faces or pretends he's not listening. He stopped commenting on the number of critters we have a long time ago.

mine has begun to enable me. Lol

 

[Dustystrail]

Denying the chicken math... Equally good, since it sounds like he has accepted his fate with only a small, obligatory protest!