The "refrigerator egg" thread

[gimmie birdies]

She changed positions and hatched this morning. first she was quiet, then zipping around. the other chick was trying to peck her, so I but them both in a cloth chicken bag I made and put them on a warm beany bag they are cuddling. Both are girls- and one is grey/silver, one is grey/golden brown.

 

[LTygress]

So happy she made it! And so glad to hear you got two girls out of it, as well!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I almost wonder if the dad is the frizzle on these. I did make soup of 2 roosters one had some red, the other was a black and white. I didn't think they were old enough to breed, or didn'tthink I'd have any "takers" from the hens. the 2 eggs I have due on the 11th of nov. are for sure from the frizzle father... we will see.

 

[beverly evans]

I almost wonder if the dad is the frizzle on these. I did make soup of 2 roosters one had some red, the other was a black and white. I didn't think they were old enough to breed, or didn'tthink I'd have any "takers" from the hens. the 2 eggs I have due on the 11th of nov. are for sure from the frizzle father... we will see.

I hope you will show us pictures. I can't wait to see what a half frizzle will look like. I'm making some mutts right now. The only thing I know for sure is that some will be olive egg layers.

 

[LTygress]

Because of how the gene works, pretty much every frizzle is half frizzle. A frizzle is usually bred to a smooth-feathered chicken, and 50% of the offspring will also be frizzle. Its an incomplete dominany trait. Breeding two frizzles will produce about 50% frizzle, 25% smooth, and 25% curly. But the curly tends to have very fragile feathers that break easily, so most breeders avoid doing that.

I made a Punnett Square a while back and posted it to help explain how the frizzle gene works. I'll try to repost it here, but I'm on my phone, so it might not work correctly.

 

[LTygress]

Here we go. I had to wait until I logged back on with my main computer. My phone just wasn't having it!

 

[aart]

Was steered here from another thread....Wonders...were the eggs in the fridge washed?

 

[LTygress]

I actually don't remember. These days I wash them, but I can't remember if this was before I started to do it or not.

 

[LTygress]

I'm probably about to give this another try, simply because of the number of eggs I have, versus the number of people wanting chicks. And here I thought SPRING was the busy season! I guess the real busy season is right BEFORE spring!

 

[gimmie birdies]

these are the frizzles- the 2 big ones were 3 weeks older- I put in 2 eggs got 2 chicks- but in 2 more eggs 3 weeks later got one chick they accepted the baby easy- I kept the baby and gave the 2 big ones to a lady who had grandkids since the chickens were nice. the little frizzle 3 months old now is with 2 5 week old chicks and they sleep under her. the pic below was the 2 big ones as babies-