Madriverbantams
In the Brooder
- Jan 26, 2023
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A few weeks ago, the kind woman I bought my incubator from offered me 12 free eggs to start my hatching journey. Peering into the basket, I saw many shades of green and dark brown eggs. One by one I sorted through which eggs I wanted until my hand paused on the largest green egg that I have ever seen. This thing was BIG. It was ROUND. Creamy green with a few speckles. I had to have it. It seemed like a double yolker, but I thought I would try and hatch it just for fun. Doubted it would hatch.
It barely fit in the sections of my incubator. The shell is too dark to candle. Day 21 and chicks start hatching. To my shock I returned home from a walk to see a huge fluffy chick staring at me with what I can only describe as confidence. Big Chongus. The other scraggly and half wet chicks who hatched BEFORE Chongus still struggled to find their feet while Chongus strode confidently around the incubator, fluffed up. I was delighted.
I'm assuming she is from an Easter Egger due to light green egg color. Her father is either a Mosaic or a Naked Neck / Turken since those were the only roos in the pen. I think not all naked neck mixes get the gene for bare necks.
Chongus is so friendly and loves to watch me- she looks and acts like a 4 or 5 day old chick despite being 24 hrs old at this point. Fingers crossed that she is actually a she and not a roo since I'm hoping for egg layers.
I was planning on giving her away but no way, I'm too attached. Should I keep Chongus as a name or give a more majestic one?
The eggs. The lighting is a bit funny, it was greener in person.
Chongus next to a Naked Neck Marans.
The others are Easter Egger Mosaic mixes, Naked Neck Marans, and a Naked Neck Olive Egger.
Is your vote a mosaic father or a recessive naked neck father?
It barely fit in the sections of my incubator. The shell is too dark to candle. Day 21 and chicks start hatching. To my shock I returned home from a walk to see a huge fluffy chick staring at me with what I can only describe as confidence. Big Chongus. The other scraggly and half wet chicks who hatched BEFORE Chongus still struggled to find their feet while Chongus strode confidently around the incubator, fluffed up. I was delighted.
I'm assuming she is from an Easter Egger due to light green egg color. Her father is either a Mosaic or a Naked Neck / Turken since those were the only roos in the pen. I think not all naked neck mixes get the gene for bare necks.
Chongus is so friendly and loves to watch me- she looks and acts like a 4 or 5 day old chick despite being 24 hrs old at this point. Fingers crossed that she is actually a she and not a roo since I'm hoping for egg layers.
I was planning on giving her away but no way, I'm too attached. Should I keep Chongus as a name or give a more majestic one?
The eggs. The lighting is a bit funny, it was greener in person.
Chongus next to a Naked Neck Marans.
The others are Easter Egger Mosaic mixes, Naked Neck Marans, and a Naked Neck Olive Egger.
Is your vote a mosaic father or a recessive naked neck father?
