turning eggs

[annanimal]

Oh yeah, I have read a couple of those posts, thanks I am going to order them soon.

 

[tec27]

Ok good, i am not making a mistake than by spending all my money on the incubator and the brooder right?

All i can tell you is that ive spent so much money on eggs and put them in a crappy incubator to only get a couple hatch. Might as well spend the extra money because it will eventually save you in the long run. Plus it saves you a lot of time and hassle.

 

[loveourbirds]

before you order eggs, check with local chicken people. someone surely has fertile eggs so you can test your incubator. around here I can get a dozen fertile eggs pretty easy for $2-$5. if you were to lose that whole dozen that would be a lot easier to swallow than say $90 a dozen for a special orpington.

 

[annanimal]

I just like incubating my own eggs, I don't need anything special.

 

[loveourbirds]

so your hatching eggs from your own birds? that's a lot better than ordering/buying. I do both here; I breed and hatch for other people, and I hatch my own eggs. depending on the week I hatch anywhere from 100 - 300 and I still get excited about hatches. I still check on them in the middle of the night, I still wake up get dressed and check the incubators for temps and hatchlings. the main difference is my incubators are a little bigger and my wife made me move it outside. I don't know why she got so mad over 12 Styrofoam incubators in our dining room.

 

[annanimal]

The only type of chicken that I want to add to my flock are silkies. Once I get the incubator, I will probably order a couple of silkie eggs... My incubator only fits seven eggs. :/ 12 styrofoam incubators?! Haha, that is funny, your poor wife.

 

[loveourbirds]

just so you know, silkies are probably one of the hardest chickens to raise from chicks. its best to keep them in a brooder separate from other chicks until they are about a month old. they are born with "soft spots" just like human babies. if they get pecked in the head it usually kills them or causes so much damage you have to cull. but after a month its normally healed and safe.

 

[Rabbit-84]

From all the information I have read even automatica incubator s turn the eggs fives times I turn my eggs every 8 hours

 

[annanimal]

just so you know, silkies are probably one of the hardest chickens to raise from chicks. its best to keep them in a brooder separate from other chicks until they are about a month old. they are born with "soft spots" just like human babies. if they get pecked in the head it usually kills them or causes so much damage you have to cull.  but after a month its normally healed and safe.

Oh, I hadn't read about that, than i am good with my flock!

 

[tec27]

just so you know, silkies are probably one of the hardest chickens to raise from chicks. its best to keep them in a brooder separate from other chicks until they are about a month old. they are born with "soft spots" just like human babies. if they get pecked in the head it usually kills them or causes so much damage you have to cull. but after a month its normally healed and safe.

Only some silkie's have vaulted skulls.