Tag: incubator

  • From Family to Nursery

    What was one family has grown to three families, with twelve goslings in all. They have been here for a couple of days now.

  • From Family to Nursery

    What was one family has grown to three families, with twelve goslings in all. They have been here for a couple of days now.

  • It’s a New World

    It’s a New World

    I am no longer an incubator virgin. I would say that I had a positive initiation experience.

  • It’s a New World

    It’s a New World

    I am no longer an incubator virgin. I would say that I had a positive initiation experience.

  • Early Birds

    I always thought that the expression, the early bird catches the worm, meant that if you were prepared and got up early in the morning, you would be rewarded. But now I’m wondering if it first came from the idea that the early bird, the one that breaks free first, would surely get the first…

  • Eggxiety

    Eggxiety

    Wednesday afternoon is the expected time for them to start pecking their way out of their little worlds into the bigger, badder world waiting for them. I know first hand now what it means to say, ‘don’t count your chickens before they hatch.’

  • Candling Inconclusive

    Candling Inconclusive

    After candling my eggs, I can only say that it was awkward, and I feel like I should have left well enough alone.

  • Incubator Ignorance

    Incubator Ignorance

    I received a free electric candling device with my new incubator. It’s supposed help me determine what’s really going on between me and my eggs. Here’s to hoping that the eggs will reveal their true intentions, and our relationship will remain on good terms.

  • Today’s the Day

    Today’s the Day

    Eight to ten weeks after that we will start eating our own organic chicken meat and I will finally feel like our rooster is earning his keep around here!

  • Getting to Know my Incubator

    Now, at around noon I seem to have attained the ideal conditions for a lasting relationship. So now my plan is to get on more intimate terms with my incubator while collecting the best looking eggs from my hens for the next couple of days.

  • Getting to Know my Incubator

    Now, at around noon I seem to have attained the ideal conditions for a lasting relationship. So now my plan is to get on more intimate terms with my incubator while collecting the best looking eggs from my hens for the next couple of days.

  • Ready for a First Date

    The stories that people shared with me about making their own made me feel confident that I don’t need one of the deluxe models to hatch some chickens.

  • About that Incubator

    About that Incubator

    My idea of what’s natural is pretty half baked when it comes to chickens. We’re in a compromised situation. In 2016 there is hardly such a thing as a “natural” chicken, that would just “naturally” sit on her eggs until they hatch.