Watch These Chicks HATCH! | Building a Brooder & Egg Candling

[@patrickheavirland3599]

Hello from Forest Lake Minnesota!! Super fun to see the chick's hatch!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Hi there!!! It’s my favorite week!! ☺️🐣☺️

[@musicvibes017]

Happy Birthday, great video so much wealth of knowledge shared in this video. I believe my dad used to raise chickens when I was a kid. Some of those things you showed look similar.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Thank you so much!

[@tory464]

❤️👍Excellent video !!very nice Bruder pin , Good job Ryan & chicken mamma.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Thank you!!! He did a great job ☺️

[@tsilbaugh5314]

That was fun!! Happy birthday!! And, yes, Ryan did a great job!!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Thank you!!

[@lizzyimberi9261]

Happy Birthday to you and the little chicks!!!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Thank you so much!!

[@msantilli58]

Thanks

[@thehomesteadingrd]

You’re welcome! 🫶🏼

[@1KGoffgridhomestead]

Great video with tons of useful information. hatching your own chicks is so much fun. we agree that a broody hen is much better but you look like an expert with your setup.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Hoping to get those silkies in action next spring! 🙏🏼

[@sandilyncabreiraakamerelou9424]

SO exciting!!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

🐣🙌🏼🐣

[@raincoast9010]

That was really neat.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🫶🏼🐣

[@tsilbaugh5314]

How far north of forest lake is your homestead? Do you have to drive a long way to a grocery store/essentials? All day affair? So fun seeing your projects!!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Forest lake is about 2 hours away, so yes I was gone most of the day since I typically save up a string of errands and knock them all out at the same time. I’m always exhausted afterward!

[@carolynmoody9460]

❤❤❤🕊️

[@jeffreyjacobs6072]

👍🤠

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Such a fun week!! 😁

[@msantilli58]

Beautiful chicks, I have the silkies also I love the brooders your husband made❤️ I just purchased the Chick Cozy incubator recently and have eggs due to hatch end of this week. Lock down is on Thursday. Do you have any tips on the humidity for this one?

[@thehomesteadingrd]

I’ve heard so many great things about silkies! I’m glad you’re loving them too. Ooo yay!!! That’s a great incubator. Shoot for 65% humidity at lockdown. If it’s not getting high enough, you can just place a sponge next to the eggs. Cut it up into smaller pieces if you have to. Good luck!! 🐣

[@raincoast9010]

I have a warming plate but it didn't come with the red roof so I built one out of cardboard.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

That’s awesome!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Now that you have silkies, you won’t need the incubator

[@thehomesteadingrd]

That’s my goal!!! I miss having a broody mama hen do it all for me