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4/19/12 at 7:01pm

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Ole and Lena

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One of our barred rocks went broody over the weekend while we were out of town. She was sitting on one Sunday and I added a fresh warm one monday morning.

She is quite dilligent at sitting and rotating the eggs, assume she's getting up to eat/drink some occasionally but I haven't seen her do it.

We don't really need more chickens right now but I figured it would be fun to see what happens. Maybe we'll get two roosters and I can name one Stew and the other Frye Also curious what a barred rock/silver laced Wyandotte cross looks like. I've heard 21days was the incubation period. Is this right? Exact, aprox or guesstimate?

Will keep posted.

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4/19/12 at 7:32pm

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21 days is the average incubation period. It can fluctuate though, eggs hatch anywhere from day 19 to day 24. I have one that's on day 29 and just hatched!

If my biology skills are correct, and being in vet school I hope so, then the cross should basically look like the parents. Both are black and white stripedish (Is that a word? It is now) colored, so the children would most likely look like that. Or, if it's incomplete dominance, then the babies will be grey. A mixture of the two colors.

Most chickens will get off the nest for around thirty minutes each day to eat, drink, and relieve themselves. I would mark her eggs so that none of the other chickens mix in their eggs with hers.

Happy family of 1 horse, 2 ponies, 3 dogs, 13 cats, 1 rat, 1 prairie dog, 1 fox, 1 fish, and 39 chickens ( Many different breeds, and two mothers to be. Hoping they hatch out their new families in a few weeks. I have some D'uccle roosters for sale if anyone would like to purchase them. I will upload some pictures soon, so feel free to take a gander and pick out a few hunks for your flock.)...

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4/19/12 at 8:15pm

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Well congrats on the broody/

21 days is the general estimate. Depending on temp and humitity it could take a few days longer or even a day or so less. I think it may depend a bit on breed too, I have read that silkies tend to hatch a bit earlier than Large Foul.

If your temp is on the higher end they will develop a bit faster or a few degrees lower they will develop a bit slower!

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