Monday, February 16, 2009

Incubation update

I know I was supposed to candle and try to get pics yesterday, put I need to do it at night, and it's been cold. So it is supposed to warm up tomorrow, I will candle tomorrow evening. Everything is still great in the bator. Larry bought another turner and I set 44 more eggs. I ordered my Dickey today. I really didn't want to spend that much money. But it will be much better an I can make more money with it. I hope that this year I can actually not only pay for the chickens feed bill, but I can make a profit. I need to start keeping up with it. So now I have 26 eggs to hatch on 2/28 and 44 to hatch on 3/7. Most of these will be Buff Orphington. A few sex link and maybe a few RIR. 2 of them are EE eggs for my neighbor. I'm starting to get anxious and impatient. I think I am going to like staggering hatches, that way I don't have to wait so long in between hatches. I'm supposed to get some silkie eggs this weekend. My Dickey should be here the end of the week, he said it would ship out tomorrow. Then I can set Bo's silkie eggs and whatever my girls lay. I am taking out the buff roo that I don't like and leaving my young cockerel to hopefully do his business. I hope it works out, he is the prettiest color I have, and I hope to breed that color into my flock. This week sometime I am gonna do some switching. I need to move my big pen around. I want to get ready for breeding season. My hens are starting to lay now and I have to get my good pairs paired up and get the roos I don't like out.

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