Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[acw123]

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Candled today (day 10) and was a bit sad with the results. 4 viable, 2 not sure and 7 nothing happening at all. When I broke the duds open 2 were minisule embryo's probably died around day 3-5 and the other 5 didn't even look like they were fertilized at all, but I am no expert so who knows. Will keep my fingers crossed for the remaining eggs to make it to hatch. Hope others that are incubating right now are having better luck than me.

 

[Rockportcrpntr]

Have him build you a bigger bator it's good to have two anyway

 

[Rockportcrpntr]

About the dirty egg thing, I have washed dirt off before putting them in the bator with warm water never had a problem with hatching

 

[Rockportcrpntr]

My barne eggs are like that too, they don't have a very noticeable pointed end. Johan's website shows his birds foraging. My barnevelder hens seem to find the worms and bugs and beetles other birds pass up and they love the grass too their eggs seem to get really big when they can forage for a good part of the day. Good supplement to layer pells

 

[RachaelS]

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Funny, I am tempted but my coop is not even done yet

 

[Rockportcrpntr]

How in the world did you wind up with just one barnevelder and one barred rock? Chicken math has not descended on you yet?

 

[Rockportcrpntr]

Scratch that it just ocurred to me that you've filled your incubator and are thinking of buying another bator you're getting a high mark in c. math this semester

 

[RachaelS]

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a dozen only one hatched, had to buy a friend. All are bought eggs

now I have a bunch more in the bator, hoping for better results

 

[Rockportcrpntr]

I have to say I had a similar experience, first time out I got two!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Some candid photo's of my barnevelder babies. They are now 8 weeks old. (4 pullets, 9 cockerals total) Red band is pinkchick, green band is mediazeal and no band is Trisha. There's a couple wellie's in there too from pinkchick, so don't freak out thinking it's a barnie.