I think you are right, I hatched Donna's Blue Barred Rocks. We had 2 chicks end up missing, I suspect the neighbors cats. Haven't lost any since and they are still hanging with the mom. No rest for the prutty little white EE.
She was the only EE I kept after starting my OE's and she was broody, so I gave her dmrippys eggs and she did a great job. They were trying huddle under her today outside. I thought if I locked her out of the brooder house she would get the hint the babies are too big. But no.....She gets to...
That is what I figured. There are two of the boys that I really like. One blue, one black. I think they are nicely barred. Donna you should be proud of yourself. Your birds are nice and good hatch rates on the eggs. I can't wait to see what I get from the Marans eggs.
Just thought I would share the progress with my little white EE and her Blue Barred Rock babies, from dmrippy.
Yeah I know she really shouldn't still have them. But I guess she just loves them. I had to lock her out of the brooder house hoping she would get the hint, but this what I found...
I'm going to start here in indirectly , I just wanted to make sure they were good enough. I'm totally surprised by the color of the eggs. I thought I would have to wait along time to get these colors. One 2 of the girls are 1st generation. Eggs are great. I have some Marans eggs and OE in the...
Here are the eggs I'm getting from my 1st generation Olive Eggers, they were from BCM over EE hens. (No longer have the EE). I also have second generation from Wynette laying. I have since through FBCM pullets and the Olive eggers in with BCM rooster and OE cockerel. I still get blue eggs from...
The problem is that they are coming to POL as we are getting less light. It takes them longer. My Lavender Ameraucana's that hatched 2/16, just started laying about 2 weeks ago. Well worth the wait. My egg basket is full of chocolate, olive and blue and oh yeah the white, pinkish, and little...
You breed your Olive Eggers the total opposite of me. My first generation all came from the bluest eggs that my EE's had laid (I don't have them, they were used to start up my Olive Eggers) and Olive Eggers from Wynette. I have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation in my incubator. The first generation...