Day 82
I finally cracked the giant egg for the quiche tonight. I was a little surprised it was only a double yolker, as big as it was I was betting on at least a triple.
I don't see anything that would make me think it's not a marans, but it is definitely blue and not black.
As to gender, with the size and redness of the comb a wattles at six weeks I would strongly suspect male. However, single combed pullets can sometimes develop fairly large combs early on...
I don't know, guess we'll find out in 13-16 days. It was developing right on track with the others though, so I put it back in right side up. If anyone else has any experience I'd love to hear how it went for them.
Candled last night and only had 2 clears! 3 we weren't 100% certain we saw veins but pretty sure. And one particularly round egg that we put in the turner upside down (air cell down).
Out of 56 eggs only 2 were clear! Of 54 eggs, there were two that we were pretty sure we saw veining in but weren't 100% sure and one we thought maybe could have been a blood ring. All eggs went back into the incubator, we'll pull the clears when we candle again.
Nothing say male to me yet, but 5 1/2 weeks is when I just start noticing some redder combs on some of my pea comb males. I'd be much more confident on gender in another 3 weeks.
Day 81, posting early today so I don't forget (again)
My Rip Van Winkle daffodils are finally coming into full bloom!
Bonus pic, I love the one wonky zigzag petal here!
Day 80, 7 hours later
The weather yesterday was perfect for just hanging out in the yard. Sven is a connoisseur of sticks, but not very graceful. He kept smacking everyone!
I agree, if she hadn't completely healed it's too soon to reintroduce her. And if she's been separated out of sight from the rest of the flock long enough to completely heal you need to do a gradual reintroduction. Is there any way to build her her own space in the run where she can be with the...