That sounds like huge fun!!!
Yes, I'm hoping it will be! Do you have any plans?
Not necessarily in the area of hatching, but we do have a couple cockerels, so if the pullets or hens decide to sit on some eggs in a couple months, I wont stop them. Our big chicken plans this year are to build a new walk in coop. We started out with 6 chickens and a 4x8 coop. Then added 3 chicks the next year and added another 4x4 coop. The year after that we decided 12 chickens was the right number for us and added another small prefab, which is falling apart of course. So a month ago we built a coop to replace that one, and to be the bachelor pad if I end up needing one. Now in March we are going to build one big coop, 8x10, with a divider, so I can keep everyone together. Convincing them to move into it may be a problem, but we will have a predator proof run attached to it, so I'll just need to entice them into the run.
So far so good. 40 chicks hatched almost 3 weeks ago. 30 of them moved to a different breeder. I ended up with 3 Bielefelder hens and one rooster, and 3 Sulmtaler hens and 3 roosters. I have 42 eggs in lockdown at the moment and 12 out of 12 fertilized eggs hatching in 2 weeks. The hatching is going great! Already collecting more eggs to put in in 2 weeks.Sorry I feel like I’ve neglected this thread!
How is everyone’s plans going so far?
Any of you achieved any of your goals yet?
Spring is starting to peek around corners, now, so it's time to get started. Winter still rears its' ugly head pretty regularly. It's as if it starts to leave, then storms back, shaking its' finger at us and ranting "And ANOTHER thing! ..." I am SO ready for it to finally leave and slam the door shut behind it!Wait a minute!
Y'mean we're going to held accountable for all of our great ideas? That means I have to start actually planning them, now, instead of simply envisioning. Winter Break only just started ... and now I have HOMEWORK! ZHEESH!
