Today is the day that I am suppose to take the eggs in the incubator off of the egg turner and stop turning them altogether. I have candled a few eggs and it looks like there is something on there...just a couple more days until they start hatching (if they will). Monday is 21 days, so maybe I will get to see my first chicks hatch out from the incubator.
I bought hatching eggs off of eBay, Easter Eggers and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Since my hen poofy face died I have been missing the bluish green egg I use to get every day. I am hoping that some of the Easter Eggers will lay some eventually. I would have liked some Marans for their chocolate colored eggs, but I will have to wait and see what happens with these. It is tough trying to keep the humidity and temperature correct in the incubator, so I am not sure anything will hatch. I still have not started on the new chicken coop, and my other chicks are getting pretty big for their brooder...so if I get a good hatch rate, I will have to see how quick I can get it done. I have to have a place to put all my chickens soon, the chicks can spend the first week in the house, but then it is out to the brooder boxes on the back porch. I am hoping that the ducks and geese will be fully feathered by the time the older chicks get too big for the brooder, then I can move them into a fenced pen and use the duck pen for the older chicks, and put the new chicks in the brooder on the back porch.
It has been a juggling act the past month, and I have been really busy trying to take care of all the babies, building pens and brooders, yard work, tilling, planting and trying to take care of the normal household chores. I have neglected a lot of chores and myself, somewhat...been working outside a lot and not drinking enough water, now I may have a urinary tract infection. So, today I am going to the doctor for a test. I am too busy for this mess...but I will try and do better taking care of myself.
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