Lol! Indeed you are a very lucky man! Will your good lady wife be attentive to your ramblings about chickens in the future Yes, without a doubt. This is the second batch of eggs this year. She gave me serama eggs in the spring. She is nearly as wacky about birds and animals as myself. i wonder? If so, then she is a true gem! She certainly is. The forum lets me bleat on about chickens to like minded people - actually i think my wife may be secretly funding BYC so i don't bore her my chicken talk
all the best and enjoy your chicks!
CT
8 out of 12-that's great! I hope the eight all hatch; and I hope mine candle well next weekend and I have great luck. I'll be thrilled to get one nice rooster-yes rooster-I'm hoping for a rooster, but a hen will do. Of course a pair would be even better. With the seramas a little better than half hatched; it sure would be nice if that happened again.Lol I said a few months back to my husband that I would love to incubate some Ayams. Well for our anniversary I had a dozen eggs show up on my door stepI am one lucky women because I was NEVER going to spend that kind of money on eggs and he did. Out of 12 I have 8 little chicks growing like weeds in their eggs and am going on day 14! We are some lucky people. Best of luck!
I am aware of the lethal gene; with that and being shipped I have a good chance of getting nothing. There was a picture showing the rooster for the eggs I received; most definitely short legged. I'll keep everything crossed and hope for the best. From what I have read chicks die in the shell because they are unable to turn in the shell to hatch. If that is true, can the chicks hatch with help-assisted hatch? I could find nothing on assisted hatch for Japanese bantams or serama bantams which also have the same lethal gene. My guess is that it is not possible?
