YO GEORGIANS! :)

[GAMarans]

The Turkey's have started laying if the toms are getting there job done we will have babies for the swap in Feb.

 

[carcar80]

Shipped eggs have been resting overnight. I don't see floating air cells, actually I don't see any air cell but definitely not detached either way. Can I go ahead and put them in? I have to work tonight and would like to see temps stable when I leave instead of leaving it right when I put them kn..

 

[Spring-Chicken]

Anyone here interested in a birchen marans cockerel? I was going to eat him, but it seems like that silver coloring is kinda rare, so I'm seeing if someone would like to buy him instead.

 

[RoboDuck]

Shipped eggs have been resting overnight. I don't see floating air cells, actually I don't see any air cell but definitely not detached either way. Can I go ahead and put them in? I have to work tonight and would like to see temps stable when I leave instead of leaving it right when I put them kn..

DO IT!!!

 

[valleychicks]

Shipped eggs have been resting overnight. I don't see floating air cells, actually I don't see any air cell but definitely not detached either way. Can I go ahead and put them in? I have to work tonight and would like to see temps stable when I leave instead of leaving it right when I put them kn..

Some of my fresh eggs I set for the NYD HAL didn't show air cells when I set them but they still hatched.

 

[Flowerbh]

ok, I've done it now! Yesterday I waited all day for hens to lay their usual 16-20 eggs so I could put them in the bator. I only got 9 yesterday and they weren't the ones I really wanted. But, I started the bator last night and stuck 47 in there. It only holds 42! So, this morning DH goes out and gets 7 eggs right off the bat and they were all the ones I wanted! Well, now I have 54 doubled up in my bator. After 10 days, when I take the infertile ones out, the ones left should all have their own space. I just have to remind myself to let the eggs incubate for an extra day at the end! Aahhhahha! I love this!

 

[valleychicks]

ok, I've done it now! Yesterday I waited all day for hens to lay their usual 16-20 eggs so I could put them in the bator. I only got 9 yesterday and they weren't the ones I really wanted. But, I started the bator last night and stuck 47 in there. It only holds 42! So, this morning DH goes out and gets 7 eggs right off the bat and they were all the ones I wanted! Well, now I have 54 doubled up in my bator. After 10 days, when I take the infertile ones out, the ones left should all have their own space. I just have to remind myself to let the eggs incubate for an extra day at the end! Aahhhahha! I love this!

Wish I could join y'all with your hatching. Maybe I will get an incubator soon. I told my husband I wanted one like your's Flower. I looked at the reviews on it and from what you said it looks like the best. Are y'all planning to sell the chicks your hatching at the swap on V-day? I plan to take some of the chicks our broody mamas hatched for New Years.

 

[RoswellOrganic]

Hello all.

Work has been busy, so I have been lurking in the background, drooling at the pictures of all the cute chickens and chicks and beautifully colored eggs. Dreaming ways to add more chickens and wondering if I could get a pond so I can have ducks...

I re-did my coop plan, changed the roof design so I can have the nests in the same side as the trap door and the roosts on the other side, keeping the path to the nests away from roosts. Would anyone care/have time to take a look? I added the new plans to signature below as it had been suggested.

Planning on using cedar for the sides and the corrugated plastic roofing from lowes for the roof. Should I add anything below the plastic roof? Insulation or wood?

Thinking mostly of summer getting too hot. I hope there is enough ventilation. I do think it will be draft free since the ventilation is well above where heads should be in the roosts

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Flowerbh]

Wish I could join y'all with your hatching. Maybe I will get an incubator soon. I told my husband I wanted one like your's Flower. I looked at the reviews on it and from what you said it looks like the best. Are y'all planning to sell the chicks your hatching at the swap on V-day? I plan to take some of the chicks our broody mamas hatched for New Years.

Yes, I am planning on selling my chicks at the swap. I will also be bringing some eggs, either to hatch or to eat, and may bring my little indoor chicken house to sell. I will have to decide on a few of my hens, too. I have a few EE who are laying brown eggs. I just have too many brown egg layers. When I sell my eggs, I like to include all the colors and sometimes I just have too many browns!

 

[Flowerbh]

Hello all.

Work has been busy, so I have been lurking in the background, drooling at the pictures of all the cute chickens and chicks and beautifully colored eggs. Dreaming ways to add more chickens and wondering if I could get a pond so I can have ducks...

I re-did my coop plan, changed the roof design so I can have the nests in the same side as the trap door and the roosts on the other side, keeping the path to the nests away from roosts. Would anyone care/have time to take a look? I added the new plans to signature below as it had been suggested.

Planning on using cedar for the sides and the corrugated plastic roofing from lowes for the roof. Should I add anything below the plastic roof? Insulation or wood?

Thinking mostly of summer getting too hot. I hope there is enough ventilation. I do think it will be draft free since the ventilation is well above where heads should be in the roosts

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Do some research on using cedar with chickens. There has been so much debate about whether or not cedar is safe for chickens. It has to do with the oils in the wood and the vapor the oils give off. Supposedly, it is harmful to chickens. But, I think old aged cedar might be ok because the oils have dried out. But, that was just what one article said. There is just a lot out there and a lot of debate. Some people say pine has just as much toxic fumes as does cedar. Just read about it before you commit.

Haven't looked at your design yet....will in a minute, but I do not like the corrugated plastic you are talking about. We tried that.....it leaked badly no matter what we did. We used all the correct hardware to put it up with and everything. We even tried spraying it with that stuff on tv....that no leak stuff. (Like the guy uses in a boat and doesn't get leaks anymore. Ha!) We ended up taking it up and adding a whole roof of plywood, then felt, then a sheet of heavy plastic and then put a metal on top. The main coop has about 5 separate roofs we have done. Each on top of the other and we finally have a dry area! Give me a minute to look at your design.