so I made my way to town today. Went to the farm supply store. Dang! They put a limit on how many can be in the store at one time, and the place was crowded. Had to wait in my truck til a few came out so I could go in. They’re experiencing record sales so far this year. Supposed to be “chick days” but they were out, again. Folks were there trying to buy them, but they don’t arrive til tomorrow. They’ve sold out six times the clerk said. Never been able to sell all those they get in “normal” times, now they can’t order enough. So their supplier is doing well this year. Find it kind of ironic that while some businesses have slowed considerably, others are experiencing their best sales to date. According to the clerk, the farmers and ranchers are the ones doing most of the buying, their regular customers. Many have coops, but been a few years since they used them. Lot of old garden spaces being prepped up this year. I have noticed that. Bought seeds for our garden months ago, but apparently garden seeds are getting hard to find too. Personally I think it’s good that folks are getting more involved in being self-sufficient. I hope the whole country takes on that attitude. We’re the USA, we do it better than most when we decide to do it. Very nice to see some Americans taking pride in that idea again.

Same here in ND. Crazy stuff

i'm firin the incubators up here.

same here. 35 free eggs from my brother, should end up with 6-8 good layers out of them.

Order them on line no lines/ limits to deal with and they come right to your door but the demand is high now with all of the hipster country folks we have now. LOL

I like Hoover hatchery myself.

I hatched out some chicks and sold 1 dozen and have 1 dozen pending. On facebook there are some sites you can buy chick's from , on the four I'm on people are wanting chickens , goats , cows , ducks and turkeys.

have a banty sittin on 10,have 60 from my egg layers for the incubator.

now turkey chicks might be tough for me this yr though,we'll see.

I have sold over 3000 coturnix quail chicks in the last 3 1/2 weeks to people wanting eggs and meat. Coturnix typically lay at 6 weeks of age and the hens will lay 300 plus eggs a year.

Rabbits are selling very well right now too. I am getting some in tomorrow that I will sell for $40.00 a doe, $30.00 a buck.

Under our governor's orders 12b and 12c, I am deemed an essential business and am required to stay open if possible. Money has been pretty good for an apocalypse, though I stopped about 2/3rds of the way I normally make revenue.

Keith

Local poultry farm store by me stopped selling birds they ran out I raise quail. coutnex Japanese type
He knows me and my kids usually incubate eggs for Easter time as a project he asked me if my kids would incubate eggs for him so he can restock on quail

I buy online.

Hey Keith, what kind of rabbits do you have?

What kind of sucessful hatch ratio can you expect when using an incubator? Should you put double the eggs you think you need?

depends on a lot of factors,i get about 80 percent usually,but then again-we just lost power for a day so i was lucky i didn't have them on yet.

Turkeys are called poults, peeker.

hard to find is what they are.

My wife has a bunch in the incubator.

The wife and I set 35 eggs in the incubator on Apr. 1. On April 11, I candled them and removed 9 that were failing to form. I'm expecting an 80%+ hatch rate as of now. I always stock up on seeds in Nov/Dec, and have been saving seeds for years. My Rabbit sales are up and I can't keep eggs in stock. I'm hoping this trend last a bit, its nice seeing folks shop local for farm needs.

Maybe these changes will wake up people to being more self subservient. These are needed changes for the good.

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Cliff lebenon has a big chick factory that has everything known to man kind in breed wise... Check that out, cant remember the name of it crackle hatchery
Maybe...