Articles by SunnyChic

Egg Shipments The following is a pictorial record of the fertilized eggs I have ordered for incubation. When I have fertilized eggs being mailed to me, I leave a note in the mailbox for my mail carrier (they're really nice at my post office - thank goodness!): Egg Package Coming… Please...

My First Egg Incubating Experience After reading here on the BYC Forum tons of great info about incubating eggs, I decided to buy an incubator, purchase some fertilized eggs, and try hatching chicks myself. In this blog I'll keep track of my very first incubating experience. Thanks for...

Hi, from SunnyChic! Located in Central Florida (45 minutes from Disney World), my venture into chickens started when I happened across the BYC forum in 2009 (really!). Little did I know that just one year later, I would have over 50 chickens, 5 incubators, and 3 coops! One of the most enjoyable...

Brooder With eggs in the incubator, I need to get started on a brooder. On this page, I'll chart my progress as I build a brooder for my chicks. I've already started practicing the fine art of "Dumpster Diving" (finding building materials in dumpsters behind retail stores). 4/07/09 I hit the...