Eggsperiment Tabulations
Eggsperiment #1: Two hens + 30 eggs = 1 chick, Heath(er)
03.3 % hatch rate
Eggsperiment #2: One hen (Goldie) + 10 eggs = 8 chicks
80% hatch rate
Eggsperiment #3: Still air incubator + 24 eggs = 13 chicks
54% hatch rate
6.07.2007
Goldie Gets New Housemates
Eggsperiment Tabulations
Eggsperiment #1: Two hens + 30 eggs = 1 chick, Heath(er)
03.3 % hatch rate
Eggsperiment #2: One hen (Goldie) + 10 eggs = 8 chicks
80% hatch rate
Eggsperiment #3: Still air incubator + 24 eggs = 13 chicks
54% hatch rate
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sweetness incorporated!
That's still a lot of chickies when you add them all up!
I have to find out if I have bantam babies in their high-rise nest this morning, and if so I have to execute an air rescue to get them down to our altitude.
Keep the pictures coming!
That is a LOT of chicks, ultimately.
heehee! Isis *really* wanted to play with them while they were still in the house making that irrisistable peep-peep noise, but i just wasn't convinced she understands the concept of "gentle," especially with those Huge Feet and Boundless Enthusiasm of hers.
That's a lot of chicks :) Poor cats must be going mad wanting to play with them! Mine are desperate to catch the birds in the garden which they can see from the house.
SO CUTE.....SO SWEET
GREAT PICTURES
I never stopped to think about cats. That would have driven mine wild, and ultimately my hatch rate would have been 0. Does the lid lock on?
So glad to have found an almost neighbor.
Your 9-11 shoe store story is very touching.
Love the chickens!
Is that incubator reuseable? Is it hard to clean?
Just wonderin'
the lid doesn't lock...but the chicks were in my cat-proof craft room. =)
and yeah, the incubator is reusable. (the things are expensive, so it better be) i hosed it off really well right away so it won't be too hard to clean now. it looks really gross in that photo--it wasn't quite as bad as it appears. lol
i'm thinking a soft cloth (so as not to wreck the styrofoam) and some warm water, dish soap, and maybe a little vinegar. supposedly you can use, i dunno, ammonia and stuff, but that sounds awfully harsh. mostly you just want to keep any bacteria from breeding in it.
So cute and what a great percentage has hatched!
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