I read somewhere on gab last week, someone suggested the government is making a list of people who have chickens at home. So that they can come to your door and kill them when there is a bird flu.
whoa, dude...you might have missed it, but...Tractor Supply is getting very bad reviews lately...anyone feeding their chickens Tractor Supply food stopped producing eggs. I would boycott them, to be safe.
I do have fertilized eggs I am willing to send out to frens if you are in a pinch! Been toying with the idea of getting a incubator myself but I haven't pulled the trigger yet..
Fertile eggs can be kept at room temp or a bit cooler (but not in the fridge!) for up to about 2 weeks, like a hen laying a large clutch of eggs over several days before setting on all of them at once. They will stay happily dormant for quite a while until heat is applied and wakes them up. Once incubation really begins, though, they must be kept warm or will die.
Yeah, I've tried. My hens are slackers. They'll be on the eggs a few days and then get off. Gotta be warm all the time. In the past I just ended up with a bunch of half developed eggs which is good for nothing...except more chicken food lol.
Huh. Well, then an incubator makes sense. We had one when I was a kid and we hatched a bunch of Gamble's quails. We'd put the microphone from our tape recorder against the side of the incubator when it was time for them to hatch and hear the little peeping sounds from inside the eggs. It was very educational to watch them hatch and see them grow up. Good times.
When i saw the title, I thought this thread was going to be about....something else.
We can't help it...Our minds travel along the gutter until something pops up and then....WOWZA!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
OMG....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I get my money for nuthin and my chicks for free
...that's the way you do it...
lmao
Hehe, and I just have Money for Nothin stuck in my head how🐸
My son just told me that some stores are beginning to ask for ID to purchase chicks here. I'm guessing the black market is about to boom.
"Put down those baby chickens and step away from the counter, sir."
I'm honestly not sure which store it was, and we have several in the area. Doesn't matter which one...be prepared to refuse to show ID.
I swear they're just pushing us into using cash only and purchasing local only. Keep at it, globalists. We can live long, happy lives this way.
Been like that for a while here in oz. Peeps are crazy. A hen sets you back $50-65. So glad I breed my own
But the damn roosters are pests.
Eat them
I read somewhere on gab last week, someone suggested the government is making a list of people who have chickens at home. So that they can come to your door and kill them when there is a bird flu.
I was at Tractor Supply this morning.....they had probably 100 or so with minimum of 6 purchase.
whoa, dude...you might have missed it, but...Tractor Supply is getting very bad reviews lately...anyone feeding their chickens Tractor Supply food stopped producing eggs. I would boycott them, to be safe.
You need better pick-up lines.
Figured it was going to be a problem. Ordered mine 2 months ago, due to arrive next month.
I do have fertilized eggs I am willing to send out to frens if you are in a pinch! Been toying with the idea of getting a incubator myself but I haven't pulled the trigger yet..
The manna pro incubator is very nice. 👍
Do it! Or if you have hens, let them hatch them the natural way.
Question, once a fertilized egg is laid, can it be left to go cold for days and not die?
Doesn't it have to be kept warm from the beginning?
I know nothing about this, just asking.
Fertile eggs can be kept at room temp or a bit cooler (but not in the fridge!) for up to about 2 weeks, like a hen laying a large clutch of eggs over several days before setting on all of them at once. They will stay happily dormant for quite a while until heat is applied and wakes them up. Once incubation really begins, though, they must be kept warm or will die.
I was told eggs are best used within a week for better fertility return. My last batch I did I went up to a week old and did alright.
Very interesting. Thanks.
Yeah, I've tried. My hens are slackers. They'll be on the eggs a few days and then get off. Gotta be warm all the time. In the past I just ended up with a bunch of half developed eggs which is good for nothing...except more chicken food lol.
Huh. Well, then an incubator makes sense. We had one when I was a kid and we hatched a bunch of Gamble's quails. We'd put the microphone from our tape recorder against the side of the incubator when it was time for them to hatch and hear the little peeping sounds from inside the eggs. It was very educational to watch them hatch and see them grow up. Good times.
Bought some in January and they took 3 weeks to arrive
Cull yourself? What age do you go up to? I heard once they start crowing you should cull. I have a few that could be up to one year old
Thanks heaps for this