Silver Pullet Poultry

Happy Easter!! And, I might add, what a wonderful world it is when you can witness the miracle of a baby chick hatching from its shell! Pipping started Saturday night, and Sunday morning all were still in. By Sunday night, I had a buff chick and a Dutch chick. By bed I had another Dutch chick, and by Monday morning (today) I have two buffs, two Dutch, two Whites and another buff from a different pen in the process of hatching. They were a bit early, but you can never be sure on temp or humidity when you rely on battery operated units. Yes, the glass thermometers are much better, but, the bator that I am currently hatching had one of those in there too and it kept telling me it was only 95°F in there so its wrong too.

These buff chicks will be vital to my program, as I only have 5 females and two males and the first two to hatch are from my new dark red boy.