To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Eggs are hatching-UPDATE
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:25:33 -0600
We bought ours through the mail as day old chicks and
raised 26 of them in our guest bathtub on cheap beach
towels (keeps them from mistaking bedding for food) with a
light for warmth. However, we bought them in July, and by
the time we'd backed the light off to 75 degrees, it was
about 100 degrees in the coop. So we had to aircondition
the coop! We learned that if you live in a hot climate
you need to order your birds earlier. Since we don't eat
the birds, just their eggs, it made sense for us not to
invest in an incubator. We now hope to breed our own and
let the broody hens rear the chicks when we need
more.--Sage
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:00:36 -0800 (PST)
bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
So the incubator cost you.....in rent ? ... or in
electricity?