Comments on: A Tiny Heart Beat http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/23/a-tiny-heart-beat/ We farm. You eat. Where does your food come from? Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Papa Attitude http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/23/a-tiny-heart-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Papa Attitude Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:34:00 +0000 http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/a-tiny-heart-beat/#comment-821 I have one broody hen. A RIR who doesnt seem to eat or drink. Must be because she has hatched about three batches. I have many broody Muscovy Duck. Everyone else seems to hate sitting on eggs so they go to the incubators. I have noticed that natural hatched peeps are much, much, much healthier no matter what I do with the incubator temperature and humidity. I guess Mama's butt knows best. I have one broody hen. A RIR who doesnt seem to eat or drink. Must be because she has hatched about three batches. I have many broody Muscovy Duck. Everyone else seems to hate sitting on eggs so they go to the incubators. I have noticed that natural hatched peeps are much, much, much healthier no matter what I do with the incubator temperature and humidity. I guess Mama’s butt knows best.

]]> By: Emily http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/23/a-tiny-heart-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Emily Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:24:04 +0000 http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/a-tiny-heart-beat/#comment-795 Are you hatching the naturally or in the incubator? I had a broody hen and stuck a few eggs under her to keep her busy, so far....6 guinea chicks and one misc. chick. 5 more eggs to go. Chicken coop addition in progress.... wanted to do it in the spring, but the Hubby was too busy to help, ( bigger project than I could handle alone) and so I improvised. I was trying to add a few more feet to my current run, when he came out and said, why don't we just add onto the barn...nowthat it is his IDEA and we are a work in progress. :) Too funny! Are you hatching the naturally or in the incubator? I had a broody hen and stuck a few eggs under her to keep her busy, so far….6 guinea chicks and one misc. chick. 5 more eggs to go.
Chicken coop addition in progress…. wanted to do it in the spring, but the Hubby was too busy to help, ( bigger project than I could handle alone) and so I improvised. I was trying to add a few more feet to my current run, when he came out and said, why don’t we just add onto the barn…nowthat it is his IDEA and we are a work in progress. :) Too funny!

]]> By: Steve http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/23/a-tiny-heart-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Steve Fri, 28 May 2010 11:01:04 +0000 http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/a-tiny-heart-beat/#comment-790 Yep, the egg turners are great. No matter how much a person thinks they will remember to turn their eggs, they will always forget a time or two. At least I do. When we started this, my wife and neighbors thought I was crazy because I talk about things like insulating the hen house. Our first farm critters were goats. After I got done converting the garage, they called it the Goat Motel. So anyway, now I want to build an incubator with built in video cameras. I figure it has to be a cabinet incubator so they can call it the chicken high rise. Yep, the egg turners are great. No matter how much a person thinks they will remember to turn their eggs, they will always forget a time or two. At least I do.

When we started this, my wife and neighbors thought I was crazy because I talk about things like insulating the hen house. Our first farm critters were goats. After I got done converting the garage, they called it the Goat Motel.

So anyway, now I want to build an incubator with built in video cameras. I figure it has to be a cabinet incubator so they can call it the chicken high rise.

]]> By: Papa Attitude http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/23/a-tiny-heart-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Papa Attitude Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:19:41 +0000 http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/a-tiny-heart-beat/#comment-150 Yep, the egg turners are great. No matter how much a person thinks they will remember to turn their eggs, they will always forget a time or two. At least I do. When we started this, my wife and neighbors thought I was crazy because I talk about things like insulating the hen house. Our first farm critters were goats. After I got done converting the garage, they called it the Goat Motel. So anyway, now I want to build an incubator with built in video cameras. I figure it has to be a cabinet incubator so they can call it the chicken high rise. Yep, the egg turners are great. No matter how much a person thinks they will remember to turn their eggs, they will always forget a time or two. At least I do.

When we started this, my wife and neighbors thought I was crazy because I talk about things like insulating the hen house. Our first farm critters were goats. After I got done converting the garage, they called it the Goat Motel.

So anyway, now I want to build an incubator with built in video cameras. I figure it has to be a cabinet incubator so they can call it the chicken high rise.

]]> By: Berni http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/23/a-tiny-heart-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Berni Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:49:11 +0000 http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/a-tiny-heart-beat/#comment-147 <a href="#comment-142" rel="nofollow">@Papa Attitude </a> I use the inexpensive incubators from TSC with the egg turners AND a digital thermometer. I need a better hydrometer! but I had great success in hatching in the smaller incubators. I could watch them more closely and loved the egg turners! @Papa Attitude
I use the inexpensive incubators from TSC with the egg turners AND a digital thermometer. I need a better hydrometer! but I had great success in hatching in the smaller incubators. I could watch them more closely and loved the egg turners!

]]> By: Papa Attitude http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/23/a-tiny-heart-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Papa Attitude Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:29:29 +0000 http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/a-tiny-heart-beat/#comment-142 Hi Berni: Thank you for visiting. We don’t have any broody hens right now. We tried to have what we thought was a broody hen sit some, but she wasn’t really a brooder she just plays one on TV or some such thing. I think she is too moody. So for now, we are using those low cost incubators from Tractor Supply with egg turners. Have plans for something better, but time will tell. Yep, we are also a work in progress. Only with us, it’s the husband who keeps needing the wife’s help. Still, I am muddling along and, except when hitting thumb with hammer or stepping on screw, am having the time of my life. Hi Berni:

Thank you for visiting. We don’t have any broody hens right now. We tried to have what we thought was a broody hen sit some, but she wasn’t really a brooder she just plays one on TV or some such thing. I think she is too moody. So for now, we are using those low cost incubators from Tractor Supply with egg turners. Have plans for something better, but time will tell.

Yep, we are also a work in progress. Only with us, it’s the husband who keeps needing the wife’s help. Still, I am muddling along and, except when hitting thumb with hammer or stepping on screw, am having the time of my life.

]]> By: Berni http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/23/a-tiny-heart-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Berni Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:02:24 +0000 http://badattitudefarmandforge.com/2009/09/a-tiny-heart-beat/#comment-139 Are you hatching the naturally or in the incubator? I had a broody hen and stuck a few eggs under her to keep her busy, so far....6 guinea chicks and one misc. chick. 5 more eggs to go. Chicken coop addition in progress.... wanted to do it in the spring, but the Hubby was too busy to help, ( bigger project than I could handle alone) and so I improvised. I was trying to add a few more feet to my current run, when he came out and said, why don't we just add onto the barn...nowthat it is his IDEA and we are a work in progress. :) Too funny! Are you hatching the naturally or in the incubator? I had a broody hen and stuck a few eggs under her to keep her busy, so far….6 guinea chicks and one misc. chick. 5 more eggs to go.
Chicken coop addition in progress…. wanted to do it in the spring, but the Hubby was too busy to help, ( bigger project than I could handle alone) and so I improvised. I was trying to add a few more feet to my current run, when he came out and said, why don’t we just add onto the barn…nowthat it is his IDEA and we are a work in progress. :) Too funny!

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