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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I had a couple more stragglers hatch last night for a total of 23 chicks hatched. Still only 6 of the Bresse hatched and I’m not expecting any more to come. I’ll candle all remaining eggs tonight after work and most likely end the incubation. The one Bresse that wasn’t doing well yesterday is...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I moved 13 BYM and 5 Bresse from the incubator to the brooder this morning. One more Bresse did hatch early this morning but it’s having a rough start so I left it in the incubator to hopefully gain its strength. It was covered in slime and its belly button looks like it hasn’t completely healed...
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    Open Contest BYC Poultry Caption Contest 08-01-25 Pic by Uwish

    When Billy Idol and Mylie Cyrus preformed Rebel Yell
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    It’s officially day 22 of incubation and i have 5 Bresse I’m told are from Greenfire Farms bloodline. I have zero experience with the breed but I can’t see any reason to doubt they are decent quality Bresse. I’m excited to see how they feather out and watch those legs turn from pink to blue in...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    8 chicks are out 7 BYM and 1 Bresse. Several more on the way by the looks of things. I can’t keep track of the pips anymore because the chicks are all playing soccer with the unhatched eggs.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Hatch day is officially here! So far 2 BYM are out. I can see 3 of the Bresse eggs have pips and 1 more BYM with a pip. I assume there are more pips that I can’t see from the viewing window. Sorry for the blurry picture but the window is covered in little chick hairs and moisture
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    We have our first external pip right on time 12 hours into day 20. Broody hen on standby and anxiously waiting for however many chicks I decide to give her. The Brooder room(laundry room as my wife calls it) is all prepped and ready. I had to install a new outlet as to avoid running a cord...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I can hear some chirping! Still no visible pips.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Thank you
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    We are officially 2 hours into day 20 of incubation. No peeps to be heard no pips to be scene. I’ll be pacing the floor for the next 24-48 hours.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I did my final candling and removed the egg turner from the incubator last night. It was a couple days early but with my work schedule it was the easiest time for me. I have read that eggs don’t technically need turning after 14 days. I’ll wait to crank up the humidity. I found and removed 3...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Here is a picture of Cocoa the one I assume is the mother This is Cosmo another possibility I couldn’t get a picture of Storm today because she is under the coop hanging out in the shade. I’ll have to keep better records when I get around to breeding to a standard with the new White Bresse...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I’m not totally sure because I have a couple OE hens that look similar and lay very similar eggs but I suspect it her mom is Cocoa. Storm would be my next guess but Storm has beard feathers and a lot less copper in her heckles. Mocha just looks more like Cocoa to me
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    This is Mocha, she is an OE back cross to BCM. She was hatched on March 12 so she is 18 weeks and 2 days old. She was the only female from that hatch. Today she was starting to show some nesting behavior so hopefully I’ll get to see what color eggs she lays sometime in the next week or two.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I just finished the first candling of the eggs. I removed 7 total eggs 4 clears and one blood ring from my flock. I also removed one clear and one blood ring from the Bresse eggs. 32 eggs look viable 10 white Bresse and 22 BYM.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    The chickens are all doing well except for some missing feathers that I’m pretty sure is just normal rooster damage. I still have 3 extra cockerels that are in a tractor with electric net fencing grazing. My hatching eggs have been going for 7 days temperature seems stable and humidity has been...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I removed 2 eggs from the incubator because the automatic egg turner had two broken egg cups and when they tipped to the side the eggs fell out. The eggs were just a couple from my flock. They didn’t break so no mess to clean up. I just felt the best solution was removing the eggs and not...
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    She sat on golf balls in March but didn’t always return to the same box. Then she happily accepted and raised chicks after sitting for 3 weeks
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I have a broody here as well. Smoky has decided she wants more chicks but she hasn’t settled down into just one nesting box so I don’t trust that she will sit on the eggs I want her to hatch.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Thank you
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