Hi all

[Anonymous]

Hi all

I'm new here and looking forward to joining your community

Anyhow, I've not got any Chooks yet.. Bit of a long story I was planning on getting some earlier on in the year but because I became sick I had to put it on the back-burner..Fast forward to a few months later I have purchased my first incubator after feeling I'm about ready and I want to hatch my first Chicks..

Obviously I have done research and I know that a great proportion of hatchings are cockerels and that I will have to dispatch of them humanely or re-home the ones I cant keep I'm just really excited as I've wanted to keep Chickens for a while now ^ ^

Thanks for having me ^ ^ Luke

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Luke,
welcome to the forum,chooks are lovely and very rewarding.I doubt if you'd be able to get any fertile eggs at the moment,if you could, it would also be a bad time to hatch them out with winter coming on.
But,it is a very exciting project to do in the spring.
Have you decided yet which breeds or hybrids you want to hatch out?

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Lydia

Thanks for them welcome and to honest I just want to get everything ready now instead of later like you said going to wait

As for breeds I've have been looking and I really like Orpingtons, Light Sussex or Rhode Island Red. So many nice breeds :lol:

Luke

 

[Anonymous]

Hi,
I've thought about keeping chickens myself over the years a few times,finally got some this year.I was going to buy an incubator and hatch out my own,but,knew i wouldn't be able to dispatch the cockerals .Also,my luck goes that out of 6 eggs I'd get 6 cockerals......
So,I decided to go ahead and buy some adult birds.
I've got 3 ex-batts,2 pekin bantams and 1 RIR,just waiting for someone who has or has had RIR to id her for me in the pics section.
I do know what you nean about chicken breeds,there isn't a chicken breed that I don't like,I also like the hybrids.Everyone I know seems to have had an orpington,one in a mixed flock,and in all cases they have been the favourite bird.I suspect because they look cuddly and come to be picked up and cuddled .

I also know what you mean about waiting,I booked 4 ex-batts and got more excited as the date got nearer.
I don't really have a favourite,I did,but she died .The others are all lovely,and,where I've only got a few their individual personalities are really easy to spot.

 

[Tim]

Hi Luke,

Welcome to our Poultry Forum.

Great to have you on board

Orpingtons are great. I've kept Buff, Gold Laced, White and Black over the years but now I'm concentrating on a few more waterfowl so have cut back to just white at the moment that are the better layers.

I have a trio of White Orps that I'm probably going to have to sell this winter in preparation for my spring hatch of ducklings.

See you in the forums.

Tim

 

[victorias poultry]

Hi
Welcome to the forum, hatching eggs is always exciting. Good luck with your new adventure.

Sue