Good Morning! <=2017

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:37 am

Ah ha! Okay. So i am not a wuss then. Lol. I dont dare....i was going to try to lift her a little and peek today but she transformed into a 50 pound spiky ball hissing like a cat....so i didnt. Lol i have to figure out what to do with the tom with her....maybe i will move her and kids to the trailer. Or if i process boys i can put her in there....hmmm wish it werent so cold out.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:55 pm

OK bit the bullet and candle the rest 17/17 fertile and viable to day 6. Now we just need to get them through the next 3 wks.

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:00 pm

Im guna set as many turkey eggs as I can find today, and then in a week fill the rest up with chicken eggs. or wait??? I better check the calander first!

I didnt start work today, start Monday instead, it was nice to be home with hatching going on!

Congrats KB WOOOHOOOO!

Post by **Killerbunny** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:27 pm

I'm setting a second lot tomorrow.

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:54 pm

If you set turkeys today al you can set chickens in a week and they will hatch together. Just be prepared for a bit longer hatch-i leave eggs 24 extra hours just in case some chickens are slower with 99 in the incubator for hatching.

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:01 pm

yup I cant set today... ill set on monday. but guess what I keep forgetting I have the hatcher... I dont even have to set them a week apart!

LOL! well maybe to brood them but I kinda like to keep them seperate anyway.

so im rebuilding the plucker right now. hopefully ill get it done soon and maybe even get to test it later! 15 more birds to get done... I took a head count yesterday.

Flat Rock Farm · Post by **Flat Rock Farm** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:04 pm

Came home from work to find babies hatching in the incubator!!

Looks like about 3 out and another 5 pipped and zipped. After the power outage I thought my hatch would be delayed at least a day. Guess my almost sleepless night stoking the wood stove and putting them in front of it payed off until the generator got started in the morning!!

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:14 pm

Congratulations!

WaupoosCowgirl · Post by **WaupoosCowgirl** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:14 pm

I have a call duck that has been on a nest way out of reach under my porch for about 3 weeks now.....yesterday one of my Columbian Wyandottes decided she wants the nest and chased the duck off ...the duck hid in the bushes and when the hen went to the coop for the night (brat!) the duck went right back on the nest. The same thing happened today when I let the chickens out, if she goes in the coop again tonight I will nab her in the morning and put her in a kennel and start collecting eggs for her!

Colleen Kinzie · Post by **Colleen Kinzie** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:23 pm

Congrats Paula!! :chick96:
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