[langdon]

second day for our eggs to be in the incubator, started turning them tonight
kids absolutley love it espically with the x's and o's on the eggs.
they were a bit disapointed that its going to take 21 sleeps tho!!
will keep you informed!

[little blue]

MY INCUBATOR ARRIVED TODAY!!   V excited... its been an "on, off, on, off" plan for a while, and finally back on! Only ordered it Saturday night with o/h's bank card!
Waiting now for more eggs to arrive,via Royal mail as only 4 of our girls run with a cockerel, and they don't lay every day.

We can compare notes Langdon, good luck!

[langdon]

your on!
ours can hatch 10 but we got just 6 in.
we thought we bought an autiomatic turner but we havent! so thats why were playing x's and o's
these chicks are a cross between a wellsummer and lohman brown cant wait.
we bought the candler and heat lamp today. good luck 2u is well keep in touch
langdon  lets hope for lots of these for the both of us

[little blue]

ours is auto, via a sticky-on motor-thingy, I've bought Maran eggs (my grandad used to keep them) and gold laced wyandottes.  ours are warrens with a black silkie cockerel (Yes, get the jokes done now...!)

When our quail decide its spring, we'll try their eggs, and Im determined to try ducks (cos ducklings are just brilliant!)

Husband (I just help) is going to build a brooder pen & chook house, after he's finished the guinea pig & rabbit hutches, and repairs on the goat shed!

[langdon]

does he fancy a working holiday on our place!!!!

[egglady]

can i join in as my duck eggs are going in the incy in the morning?

[little blue]

Of course... tell us more!

[egglady]

thank you - i feel like part of the group now!

bought a dozen aylesbury eggs from ebay at the weekend and they arrived today.  surrently sitting in the kitchen waiting to get to 'room temperature' and they'll go in the incy tomorrow...very exciting!  tho yours will all be hatched before mine as duck eggs take 28 days i believe.

no idea where they'll live but sure hubby can get busy in the next 28 days!!!

[langdon]

lol welcome

[langdon]

little blue wat shall we call our club now that there is more than two it need a name

[Helencus]

I got my incylast week off eBay but was broken. Waiting for replacement then I'm ordering 6 light Sussex to start flock number 2. Not going to run them with the ex bats.

[doganjo]

I got my incylast week off eBay but was broken. Waiting for replacement then I'm ordering 6 light Sussex to start flock number 2. Not going to run them with the ex bats.

Why not?  I do.  Am I missing something? They seem to get on fine - they just act as one flock, with big LS Jamie in charge.

[shetlandpaul]

yes why apart from wanting pure light sussex.

[Roxy]

I keep thinking of an incubator, but with all my broody bantams, usually that keeps me busy enough chick wise.

Little Blue, my bantam eggs should all be fertile, got a nice selection of  colours ....buff laced, silver pencilled, blue laced, in fact all sorts of colours.  You are welcome to have some of these eggs, after your hen eggs have hatched .....by which time the banties will all be broody and not laying any more probably .....but give me a shout if you want some!!

[Lavinia]

When our quail decide its spring, we'll try their eggs, and Im determined to try ducks (cos ducklings are just brilliant!)

We have just bought some quails eggs to eat and try, if they are nice i might be begging you for some of your eggs for my incubator. We have had a great success with the incubator it is addictive, we have now hatched 19 kharki campbells (2 batches) and we have a further 12 kharki campbells in and one of the girls has 6 white call duck eggs in with my campbells. This is great, we are loving it....

Lavinia