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I have offspring from Splash Maran over Ameracauna. Mostly blue a couple black 1 oe 2 splash. Some have beards others don't some have feathered shanks, others don't. All where large body birds. Chicks from that cross Same chicks as 2-3 months old. Still too young to free range"Hawk bait" A...

I have a problem with a chick and can't find any post that help. I have a chick that hatched on Sunday not doing well. It was fine last night. This morning I found it laying on its side gasping for air. Being stepped on by it's 18 other siblings. Since then I have been carrying it around in a...

I have never shipped eggs before. If you are ever in the Chattanooga area driving through, I'm sure I can gather you up some. ATM I get 6 to 12 a day. Some of my girls are 3 and 4 years old. I lost all my young pullets over this fall to a fat raccoon. It was freezing rain and a sheet of ice...

http://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/gms1-genetics-of-egg-color/ This is a quick summary of lobes and egg color

Oh I think I got Americana's from you 3 years ago? Are you close to the Mennonite farm area? If so I still have some of your hens. They all laid large and jumbo blue eggs. But a couple didn't have beards. I liked them because they where bigger than some others I have gotten from other farms...

No his ears not feathers. They are fleshy lobes on the side of the head. Some chickens have huge ones other are just holes in thier head covered in feather. I have found the blue lobes are blue egg layers. I haven't gotten that one wrong yet. When crossing breeds like I have. The 4th generation...

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He's hansome! Are his ears blue? It's hard to tell from pix. Blue ears and pea combs are linked to blue egg gene. I have a hen who has a pea comb morphed with white ears and lays brown eggs. Someone forgot to tell her she was suppose to lay green eggs

Yes, it's going to hit 90 here today and no A/C it's broken ;-{ Capasitor is to blame I think. It was replaced last Jan as well as a blower for the same reason. Hope it isn't the blower motor again. It's hard to find for this unit and expencive.

I lost my last hatched chick I helped out last night. It wouldn't drink or eat. So my first attempt at incubating my own wasn't so great. 19 chicks out of 48 eggs. I will change the humidity next time. I will not add water for the first 18 days then I'll fill all the trays up. I lost 6 in the...

Thanks for the posts I'm glad to see I'm not the only one just learning to hatch my own eggs. I thought it would be a cool thing for the kids to watch and learn the cycles. With the cost of chicks going up my incubator will pay for itself this year LOL. Out of the 48 I set. I have 19 now. I...

I used a splash maran roo over my girls one year. All the offspring came out blue ,black and splash! He was such a loving father and the hens loved him. However, he hated everything else. He would go out of his way to attack us. He was huge. You could her him running up behind you with his heavy...

Since no one played along, I'll just post my hatch that ended up hatching on friday and saturaday instead of Mother's day. My first hatch is over. I started out with 48 EE and OE eggs. My first chick came out on the 19th day. Then the others came out on the 20th-22nd day. I had 4 zip or put...

My first hatch is over. I started out with 48 EE and OE eggs. My first chick came out on the 19th day. Then the others came out on the 20th-22nd day. I had 4 zip or put holes in the shells but not make it out on day 20. Day 22 The last 4 where doing the same peeping but couldn't get out of the...

My first hatch is over. I started out with 48 EE and OE eggs. My first chick came out on the 19th day. Then the others came out on the 20th-22nd day. I had 4 zip or put holes in the shells but not make it out on day 20. Day 22 The last 4 where doing the same peeping but couldn't get out of the...