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Great. A hatch buddy!

True enough, though for now we're aiming to start with a small flock and big coop to leave room for the addition component of chicken math :). If this hatch has a low success rate or a ton of roos who need packed off to freezer camp, there's still plenty of opportunity to top up our numbers next...

You clearly paid more attention to the shipping details than me. Though part of me wishes I'd ordered the extra 6 chicks to fill out two dozen, the rest of me knows that would be too many chicks for us this hatch, particularly since we're hoping to hatch a dozen ducks as well.

Well, darn. Good luck with your 22! Now I'm worried they may not have any Sumatras when they pack my order in April - it's my top choice breed since their flight abilities will be a good genetic input into our flock given we'll be free ranging a lot (also, they just sound really cool!). That...

I saw you had some coming in the Feb Hatch-a-long thread. Glad to hear you've also had luck with DIY incubators. These'll be our first Black Sumatras so I look forward to getting to know them better!

I know, May is months away... But I just ordered hatching eggs and am far too excited! I love reading through the hatch-a-long threads here and am looking forward to joining in on one. Hopefully everyone's ok with me jumping the gun on getting this thread started :). The eggs will be shipped...