Whose incubators are full?

[Colonel77]

Mine are almost full.

I started with a hovabator and that was not nearly big enough to suit me so i bought a Sportsman. I have it full right now (354 bantam eggs and a full hatching tray hatching now). Well it has been staying full all spring and I have a couple hundred chicks in brooders now which reminds me I need to build another brooder... Last weekend I went to a farm auction and bought a Sears and Roebuck 228 egg redwood cabinet and a Montgomery Wards 40 egg redwood. Now my 228 is half full as well and I am picking up more eggs this weekend.

I kinda like this hatching thing...

 

[SierraView]

I plan on setting 2 dozen next week but have a feeling I will end up setting as many as I can fit.

I'm somewhat worried if this becomes an addiction if it hasn't already

what am I going to do with so many chickens?

 

[hennypenny99]

Wow, I have the hatching fever! I am wondering though, what do you do with all the chicks?

Do you sell them locally? Ship them? Go to auctions?

I have 22 in the incubator now that are barnyard mixes, mostly RIR. I don't know what do do with them when they hatch. I have been asking people if they want chicks so I know I can give some away.

I am just wondering can you make money raising chickens? I am just a hobby chicken person but I did notice that it only took me $10 worth of feed to raise my 16 babies up to nearly 6 weeks old. I was thinking that maybe you could make money by hatching the chicks and selling them at 6 weeks?

Is there a profit in breeding chicks on a small scale or does it really just pay for your feed?

 

[dgecko]

If you do it to make money sorry but if you do it because its something you enjoy go for it and any money you make is a plus. My chickens pay for theirself. What I sell in 4 months pays for their food for the year thats all I could ask for I have over 100 breeders 200 chicks at any time and right now better than 500 eggs in the incubators. Yes I go to swaps, sells, auctions and I have a bunch of people that buy from me.