You are right, and these were my quitters, also they were not washed just wiped a bit before I incubated them, so the color wasn't as true as it would have been had they been washed, they are a bit stained.
Optycal, here is a pic of 6 of the 12 eggs I just hatched out. I know for a fact that they come from an Ameraucana breeder, I know locally. I think they can come in really blue to slightly blue green, almost a sea foam green. I would hatch them out just to see!!
Yeah, I don't love the bator, although I don't really have problems regulating the temp and humidity in this one. I would invest in a different one, but I only hatch eggs once a year, every other year, so it's served its purpose. My first hatch 2 years ago yielded 5 of 18, but those were...
I saw the pics on their website, they didn't show the bellies though. I was on the fence about them being black or brown red, just wanted some other opinions
New babies!!!! 4 of 12 hatched in my little giant, not a great hatch rate. We lost one when the other chicks flipped its pip over and I think it suffocated in the night, that was sad, we would have had 5. I believe they are Black Ameraucanas, Now let's hope they aren't all Roos!!!
Can anyone tell me if black Ameraucana chicks have light yellow bellies with a black stripe up the middle? The chicks I have hatched all have the yellowish bib but I wasn't sure if the belly color was an indicator as well?
I have heard that if a momma shows aggression to the chicks you have to remove them immediately because in almost all cases she will kill them. If you have a brooder box set up you should just move them there as soon as they hatch, it's better to be safe than sorry.
I got eggs for my broody 8 days ago, and as soon as I gave her the foreign clutch, she left the coop and wouldn't sit, at all. So into the bator they went! I really thought she would sit it out but she had been broody for 2 weeks already when I finally was able to find someone selling eggs...