Too Early for Feb Hatch-A-Long Thread??

[starri33]

Welcome my eggs are day 6 this afternoon for one batch and day 1 for the other. Staggering my hatch so I can add eggs as I get them. I only have 3 girls currently.

I did a head count yesterday on my flock after getting rid of 7 Roo's, I have 43 in my main flock if I counted right and 10 in my Naked Neck coop.. Thankfully the hens are starting to pick up again, they will pay for their feed through egg sales now, collected 15 eggs yesterday and the day before. They still need to get better as I have over 30 hens in the main flock.. I'm thinking these chicks will go into the main flock..

 

[aliciaplus3]

Hi all, I set my eggs (6-Naked Necks) on Sunday (day 1), expecting hatch on or about the 16th.. looking forward to new chicks, but I am not sure that my husband is..lol..

my DH keeps asking me where they are going to go when they hatch?? lol

 

[starri33]

my DH keeps asking me where they are going to go when they hatch?? lol

Tell him his side of the bed..lol. We've got a 3 bedroom house, when my Husband is talking to someone about the guest rooms, he's now started to refer to one of them as the chicken room, they incubate in the guest bath and then grow up in the guest room for about 4 weeks before I kick them out into the grow out pen.

 

[FortCluck]

my DH keeps asking me where they are going to go when they hatch?? lol

Mine stopped asking 4 hatches ago. I think he knows I'll keep only a few and sell the rest or use them for meat. Plus I have someone who will take all the cockerels from me.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Tell him his side of the bed..lol. We've got a 3 bedroom house, when my Husband is talking to someone about the guest rooms, he's now started to refer to one of them as the chicken room, they incubate in the guest bath and then grow up in the guest room for about 4 weeks before I kick them out into the grow out pen.

I went the extra mile and gave away our guest bed to make room for my chicken space. It's also my crafting room because I've taken up entirely too many hobbies. lol

 

[FortCluck]

I went the extra mile and gave away our guest bed to make room for my chicken space. It's also my crafting room because I've taken up entirely too many hobbies. lol

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We got rid of our guest bed too so I can make room for my lizards and incubator no idea where guests will sleep, but that's not my issue

 

[CluckNDoodle]

We got rid of our guest bed too so I can make room for my lizards and incubator no idea where guests will sleep, but that's not my issue

My daughter has a queen sized bed and usually has to give up her room for guests but maybe their compassion for her giving up her space will keep them from overstaying?? LOL!

 

[FortCluck]

My daughter has a queen sized bed and usually has to give up her room for guests but maybe their compassion for her giving up her space will keep them from overstaying?? LOL!

I'm going to get a couch that has a bed for guests in that room. I need a couch to sit and read in there.

 

[starri33]

I went the extra mile and gave away our guest bed to make room for my chicken space. It's also my crafting room because I've taken up entirely too many hobbies. lol

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love your incubators and the little chick..lol, having a craft room is a great idea. I left the bed in the room with a quilt covering the bedding.. will be a easy yank the quilt, change out the linen's wipe down the stuff and there we are, I can take the chicks and move them to the master bedroom. Now that summer is getting back, I can take them and kick them out after a week or so, when I hatch for others, I keep them at least 3 days past hatch to insure they are all eating and drinking on their own.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I'm going to get a couch that has a bed for guests in that room. I need a couch to sit and read in there.

That's a great idea! We have a comfortable club chair in the chicken room that I will plop right in front of the incubators to sit for hours on end and watch as they hatch.