Kute Kitten
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I hope not too. How many of the old pullets are we going to replace?
My hatch-Chicken chicks & new silkie cross chick
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I haven't decided how many of the hens we will replace or how many we are keeping this year.Kute Kitten said:
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OK.
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OMG-Today is day 18. I went to candle and lock down. When I picked up the first egg I heard a chirp. Then I found 3 pipped and zipping!
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If it's been warming up there, even if your house temp isn't changing b/c of air conditioning, you might turn your therm. on the bator back a degree or half.
I always have to this time of year, or mine are pipping on day 18. Then I turn it back up around Sept. / Oct.
(I hatch year round, we hit the 1000th chick mark for 2009 this weekend...)
I always have to this time of year, or mine are pipping on day 18. Then I turn it back up around Sept. / Oct.
(I hatch year round, we hit the 1000th chick mark for 2009 this weekend...)
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Well, as they are working on hatching I think it's too late to turn the therm back but, the temps in the bator have held good. DH told me that he knows of someone who had chicks hatching on day 16? YIKES!
They are still in the absorbing stage apparently as they haven't come out yet. The one is working some more on the shell this morning though. All I can do is hope for the best at this point.
They are still in the absorbing stage apparently as they haven't come out yet. The one is working some more on the shell this morning though. All I can do is hope for the best at this point.
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That's a lot of chicks! Do you hatch for others? Or what do you do with that many chicks?TxMom
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1000 chicks What do you do with them??? I assume sell them...
The chickens that we just got in January just started laying. Yesterday was a record day for us at 5 eggs
I've never hatched any eggs...I think when we decide we need more chicks, we'll let the chickens do all the work. 
We have a Silkie and 2 BO's, so we should have some broodies.
What do you do with them??? I assume sell them...The chickens that we just got in January just started laying. Yesterday was a record day for us at 5 eggs
I've never hatched any eggs...I think when we decide we need more chicks, we'll let the chickens do all the work. We have a Silkie and 2 BO's, so we should have some broodies.
