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The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!
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@ aagg: Thank you for being candid. You have a splendid attitude.
Back in the old days (my old days) I used to think every single egg I ever put in the bator would hatch. After decades of setting, failing, succeeding, and failing again...I've learned just to take what I get and be grateful.
@ del: You are very kind but I'll tell you the truth. It is the combined sharing of information and knowledge on this thread that is amazing. I can't remember dates or names very well, but I remember tips that people share. Then I write them down.
Karen of Catdance was very honest about her own hatching experience at her farm. Her exact words to me when I told her I bought a Genesis 1588 specifically to hatch her eggs. She laughed, then she said, "I drowned a lot of my chicks in the Genesis 1588 when I first got it. I use a cabinet now. The trick with the Genesis is to keep the humidity at or under 40% the first eighteen and then slowly raise it to 50/55% at lock down. Then at pipping, slowly raise it to 60%" . She told me some of the pens were more difficult to get live chicks to hatch than others. That large vaulted skull has a lot to do with it. When I asked her about incubating upright in cartons or flat, she said, "Well...The hen sets on them flat. That seems a logical way to do it." (we were talking about the Genesis, not her cabinet or using automatic turners.)
Back in the old days (my old days) I used to think every single egg I ever put in the bator would hatch. After decades of setting, failing, succeeding, and failing again...I've learned just to take what I get and be grateful.
@ del: You are very kind but I'll tell you the truth. It is the combined sharing of information and knowledge on this thread that is amazing. I can't remember dates or names very well, but I remember tips that people share. Then I write them down.
Karen of Catdance was very honest about her own hatching experience at her farm. Her exact words to me when I told her I bought a Genesis 1588 specifically to hatch her eggs. She laughed, then she said, "I drowned a lot of my chicks in the Genesis 1588 when I first got it. I use a cabinet now. The trick with the Genesis is to keep the humidity at or under 40% the first eighteen and then slowly raise it to 50/55% at lock down. Then at pipping, slowly raise it to 60%" . She told me some of the pens were more difficult to get live chicks to hatch than others. That large vaulted skull has a lot to do with it. When I asked her about incubating upright in cartons or flat, she said, "Well...The hen sets on them flat. That seems a logical way to do it." (we were talking about the Genesis, not her cabinet or using automatic turners.)
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One thing that is good with this Easter hatch..i will have these silkie eggs in lock down the day before we set for Easter..I have a whole week to get some Orpington Eggs..i hope she gets busy soon...nothing like waiting till the last minute.
A friend lives pretty far away and she asked me to pick up some adult foul for her. A trio of Basque from Green Fire. They are pretty birds and very sweet. I have them in the garage away from all of my birds. I was hoping they were laying so I could put some of those eggs in..but..no luck. They man had them in a heated shed..a bunch of birds..locked up..no runs open..I sort of yelled at him..he had no water for them either. These poor birds drank like a quart of water when I brought them home. He has like 30 birds housed with 20 Cornish X's. No ventilation. I tried suggesting things..i tried to buy all of his birds..I told him he was way over his head. Nice birds with a huge investment going down hill..it was a shame.
A friend lives pretty far away and she asked me to pick up some adult foul for her. A trio of Basque from Green Fire. They are pretty birds and very sweet. I have them in the garage away from all of my birds. I was hoping they were laying so I could put some of those eggs in..but..no luck. They man had them in a heated shed..a bunch of birds..locked up..no runs open..I sort of yelled at him..he had no water for them either. These poor birds drank like a quart of water when I brought them home. He has like 30 birds housed with 20 Cornish X's. No ventilation. I tried suggesting things..i tried to buy all of his birds..I told him he was way over his head. Nice birds with a huge investment going down hill..it was a shame.
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heartbreaking - good thing you're keeping his birds away from yours - who knows what they may be carrying....
Green fire farms?
Yes..Green Fire Farms..I might take pictures of theses birds..
Isn't their motto - farming done right?
Wait.. Green fire is located in Florida. Are you sure you mean green fire?
Ditto. This gives me pause. I thought Green Fire Farm is the famous one for rare poultry. In Florida.
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