Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[FortCluck]

Stop?

I just added 2 more today. Told my husband I'm making a Polish army

 

[FortCluck]

I'm sitting here contemplating how much trouble I'd get in if I just popped into TSC just to "see" if their chicks are in yet...I am definitely not the person to go to for poultry discipline

I'm staying away from TSC for now until chick days are over because I don't need anymore. I still have 18 growing

 

[Jules929]

I intentionally have not set up the brooder yet so that I can, hopefully, get feed without bringing any little ones home. I already have a staggered hatch, I am not set up for 3 age groups of little ones, lol.

 

[FortCluck]

I intentionally have not set up the brooder yet so that I can, hopefully, get feed without bringing any little ones home. I already have a staggered hatch, I am not set up for 3 age groups of little ones, lol.

The swaps are starting this month so I'm trying not to get anymore than what I hatch just incase I find something I like at the swap.

 

[Jules929]

The swaps are starting this month so I'm trying not to get anymore than what I hatch just incase I find something I like at the swap.

Fortunately, I only go to the swap to drop off cockerels, lol. I don't trust myself to stay!

 

[gmjarvi]

I'm staying away from TSC for now until chick days are over because I don't need anymore. I still have 18 growing

I have a fever... and the only prescription is more chickens my current coop is probably only 2/3 full, but they are content and comfortable. We are building a second, larger coop once the snow melts, though.

This batch of eggs could yield me 15 chicks, and I have 18 more eggs coming in April, plus whatever I hatch from my own flock while experimenting with hatching methods. Every time my husband raises an eyebrow I say "you can't count your chickens before they hatch" or "coyote insurance" . I have people that want to buy eggs from me, and a few breeding projects I want to start. Plus a family friend who has 6 kids and a flock of old birds that don't lay consistently...so I want to give them some young birds this year to boost their egg numbers.

I really just want to "see" if TSC has any mille fleurs in the bantam bin because I love them

Edited for autocorrect..

 

[Trisseh]

I’ll join in if I get my Icelandic eggs in time! currently have 1 out of the 6 Ayam Cemani eggs I got from a friend in the bator (the other 5 weren’t fertilized ), but it’s hatch date is coming up on Thursday so it’ll be out of there in time, hopefully. And because apparently ducks and a goose aren’t enough, I’m doing it backwards and getting chickens last. Haha! Also planning some Runners and potentially Ancona/Buff Orpington ducks, but they’ll be later. More like a April hatch-a-long.

I love the variety of breeds everyone is setting!

 

[FortCluck]

Fortunately, I only go to the swap to drop off cockerels, lol. I don't trust myself to stay!

I sell at ours Last time I didn't want to buy anything and someone gave me a rooster that I couldn't say no to... He's a gorgeous silver sebright.

 

[FortCluck]

I have a fever... and the only prescription is more chickens my current coop is probably only 2/3 full, but they are content and comfortable. We are building a second, larger coop once the snow melts, though.

This batch of eggs could yield me 15 chicks, and I have 18 more eggs coming in April, plus whatever I hatch from my own flock while experimenting with hatching methods. Every time my husband raises an eyebrow I say "you can't count your chickens before they hatch" or "coyote insurance" . I have people that want to buy eggs from me, and a few breeding projects I want to start. Plus a family friend who has 6 kids and a flock of old birds that don't lay consistently...so I want to give them some young birds this year to boost their egg numbers.

I really just want to "see" if TSC has any mille fleurs in the bantam bin because I love them

Edited for autocorrect..

I'm not sure if mine sell bantams. I'm going to see what these bantam polish chicks look like first before I look for more bantams. I have a coop that fits 4 standard chickens. So I know it'll fit about 6-8 bantams

 

[gmjarvi]

I'm not sure if mine sell bantams. I'm going to see what these bantam polish chicks look like first before I look for more bantams. I have a coop that fits 4 standard chickens. So I know it'll fit about 6-8 bantams

I'm not 100% sure mine does, either. I have never purchased from them (yet lol); all of my chickens have come from local chicken keepers! I'm hoping they do, though, because mille fleur is one of my biggest breed crushes and I know they are fairly common in the bantam bin.