I think I see a couple of blue feathers, so she could be a very light splash. However, I believe there have been reports of recessive white in the stock from GFF. You can test breed her to know for sure. Breed her to a black cock. If all of the offspring are blue, she is splash. If the offspring...
Oh, man!!! :th I promised my son I would try to find him some. Even though I swore I wouldn't hatch anymore this year :oops:, do you sell and ship hatching eggs? Are these from Trish's line by chance?
I have 15 barnyard mix, straight run (unsexed) chicks, hatched 5/17. I put the eggs in the incubator for a local preschool class, but didn't have time to bring them over for them to hatch. They are blue, black, splash, chocolate, mocha (mauve) and maybe latte (chocolate splash). Some are...
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6+ eggs from my purebred Svarthöna pen with 5 standard feathered pullets (may be carrying woolly) covered by 2 Woolly cockerels. Chances are good you will hatch a woolly, but if not, all chicks will carry woolly.
I have 6 eggs gathered so far from Sat. to today and...
Let's see... cool and hot spots in the incubator and age of the eggs come to mind. The older the eggs, the longer they take to hatch. If I remember right, I think it is about an hour longer for every day older on the egg. And eggs that are incubated mostly in the hot spots will hatch faster and...
These are pure Svarthöna (Swedish Black Hen) from GFF and ECF lines. The woolly variant is a natural variation found in a limited number of landrace Svarthöna. The woolly gene, as it is referred to in Sweden, is the same as the Silky gene and is recessive. I have 2 woolly cocks over 5 standard...
Just want to mention for future reference that I have found eggs shipped on Friday or Saturday almost always reach their destination by Monday, no matter the distance. While the PO is not open on Sunday, the mail still moves, and actually seems to move faster then. And at least here, Monday is a...
I don't have Ayam Cemanis (though I have a source and could get some eggs to hatch), but I do have Svarthöna, the Swedish kissing cousin to the Cemani. They are also all black, but they are better equipped to handle the cold weather and also do well in the heat. I have a couple of the woolly...
Can you get a UPS - uninterruptable power supply? If you can get one with a big enough battery, it should run your incubators during the power outage. They are handy to have around, just in case, anyway.