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Farmer Kitty
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I have one out and the other two are still waiting although talking with the first to hatch.
My hatch-Chicken chicks & new silkie cross chick
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Time will tell. 
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2nd one has hatched. I'll get a pic when I take them out of the bator. Pics threw the bator top just don't seem to go well.
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Yep, that's our business...small scale hatchery and goat ranch.
My best year I sold 5000+ chicks, but that was the year before the bird flu scare when I still shipped live birds, after that, the PO cracked down (which turned out to be much ado about nothing...) I stopped shipping chicks and adults, it wasn't worth the hassle and added expense their new rules would have caused.
Now we only ship eggs.
We delivered 57 kids this year, sold most of them...and we hand-raise (on a bottle) alllll babies.
At one time we had 15 different breeds / species of poultry, now I'm keeping it simple w/ just 4 types of chickens, guineas, and turkeys.
Oh, it's just so hard, being surrounded by alllll this baby animal cuteness...you guys just don't understand. *fake heavy sigh*
Back OT....Congrats, it sounds like your hatch is going well!
My best year I sold 5000+ chicks, but that was the year before the bird flu scare when I still shipped live birds, after that, the PO cracked down (which turned out to be much ado about nothing...) I stopped shipping chicks and adults, it wasn't worth the hassle and added expense their new rules would have caused.
Now we only ship eggs.
We delivered 57 kids this year, sold most of them...and we hand-raise (on a bottle) alllll babies.
At one time we had 15 different breeds / species of poultry, now I'm keeping it simple w/ just 4 types of chickens, guineas, and turkeys.
Oh, it's just so hard, being surrounded by alllll this baby animal cuteness...you guys just don't understand. *fake heavy sigh*
Back OT....Congrats, it sounds like your hatch is going well!
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I'm still waiting on #3. It looks to be breathing fine and it peeps every once in-a-while so I'm not worried.
I put in 16 eggs. 6 were infertile :/ It seems no matter how many I put in 6 are infertile. Leaving 10. 2 have hatched. 1 is part way zipped since lastnight. Of the remaining 7, 6 looked good with one I think quit.
I put in 16 eggs. 6 were infertile :/ It seems no matter how many I put in 6 are infertile. Leaving 10. 2 have hatched. 1 is part way zipped since lastnight. Of the remaining 7, 6 looked good with one I think quit.
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There is a different one peeping in there. I took the first two out and will do pics tomorrow.
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Lost the third pip. It appears to have been stuck to the membrane. It had pipped at the wrong end and I had peeled shell away and the membrane still had blood so I wrapped it in a moist paper towel and kept the towel moistened. I watched to see if the little one was struggling but, never saw it try. Apparently during the night it tried and didn't make it. 
On a brighter note, the peeping one hatched!
On a brighter note, the peeping one hatched!
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