Baby chicks on the way!

Cattle Cait · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:53 pm

I'm so happy that my boss loves me!

I'm allowed to have all the eggs that I want that come out of the hens coming through the processing plant. Today someone brought in 400 "spent" laying hens, plus about 14 roosters. I got 57 eggs! (not counting ones that got dropped)

Guess who has 57 brown, blue, and white probably fertilized eggs in her incubator? This girl!!!

I told Mrs. Boss that I'm calling my hatchery "Ingham County Poultry Orphanage".

MamaSheepdog · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:07 pm

What a windfall!

Now all you need is a really long chicken run lined with rabbit cages on either side to make it a dual purpose operation. You could call it the "Ingham County Poultry Orphanage and Easter Bunny Training Center".

sommrluv · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:38 pm

WOW!!

Do you know how to candle the eggs to check for fertilization?

If you ever decide to sell and ship day old chicks, drop me a note!

skysthelimit · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:37 pm

to a successful hatch

Willow · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:03 pm

Awww, I love going to the fair and see the baby chicks hatch. You are a lucky girl!

DumansArk · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:09 pm

"I'm calling my hatchery "Ingham County Poultry Orphanage".

:lol:

Congrats Cait!!!

Cattle Cait · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:23 pm

sommrluv wrote:

WOW!!

Do you know how to candle the eggs to check for fertilization?

If you ever decide to sell and ship day old chicks, drop me a note!

I haven't got a clue how to candle. I've tried before and failed miserably. I pretend to be so smart, and then simple things like candling completely blow me over.

sommrluv · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:51 pm

LOL

You should see me try to sex rabbits.

Maybe this will help:

http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html

I know if an egg isn't fertile or if it dies, it can explode and stink, or take out other eggs. And...that's about all I know. LOL

Frosted Rabbits · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:16 pm

to heck with selling day olds--- sell them a dozen at a time, so other people can incubate them!!!

skysthelimit · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:47 am

sommrluv wrote:

LOL

You should see me try to sex rabbits.

Maybe this will help:

http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html

I know if an egg isn't fertile or if it dies, it can explode and stink, or take out other eggs. And...that's about all I know. LOL

I have yet to have an egg explode in the 'bator. Knock on wood

Baby chicks on the way!

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