Well we decided to let one of the broody hens sit and ta da! We have 1 chick. Hmmm. Not sure what went wrong but the problem is now we have all the work for very little if any return. Knowing my luck it will probably be a rooster. Mind you that might not be too bad because these eggs came from another farm so I could let this one stay and rule the roost so to speak, at least till the neighbors start giving me dirty looks :) Might end up with some fertile eggs to try again. Now I just have to decide whether or not to let the girls have another go or just take over my self and start a new flock in an incubator? Worry about that later. Hopefully my makeshift broody coop will survive the next month or two till little one is ready to join the flock.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Natural Parenting vs Incubator
Well we decided to let one of the broody hens sit and ta da! We have 1 chick. Hmmm. Not sure what went wrong but the problem is now we have all the work for very little if any return. Knowing my luck it will probably be a rooster. Mind you that might not be too bad because these eggs came from another farm so I could let this one stay and rule the roost so to speak, at least till the neighbors start giving me dirty looks :) Might end up with some fertile eggs to try again. Now I just have to decide whether or not to let the girls have another go or just take over my self and start a new flock in an incubator? Worry about that later. Hopefully my makeshift broody coop will survive the next month or two till little one is ready to join the flock.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment