What, you ask? Loan out my incubator in the spring. Stupid me! A friend of my daughter's asked if, for her birthday, she could hatch a few chicks. It was the beginning of March, and I think, sure why not. Great experience for another home-schooled kid. (Why should my kids get all the fun, eh?) So after I hatched out 16 of my Birthday presents,
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| Blue & Birchen Marans chicks, 3 days old |
I handed it over, no charge. Am I crazy? Yes!! There's a guy locally who rents out his incubators to families, schools, libraries, etc for $100. They hatch out 7 of his eggs, and return the chicks and all the equipment. Basically charges $100 for the experience, and I'm giving it out for free. Not to mention, the turkeys, ducks AND geese all decided to start laying and not setting about a week after the incubator settled in it's new (temporary) home. Grrrr. So I sold several dozen turkey and duck eggs as "fertile" eggs to try to save some of these eggs that could be turned into creatures. I'm still waiting for the turkeys to start setting, and I'm collecting the goose eggs to incubate. I get the incubator back next Friday, and I'm counting the days. I sure hope these turkeys go broody soon!
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