Ok, thanks, they do have quirky personalities, they roost at the top of a wooden ladder instead of going inside of the coop with the big girls. They are in a safe place so I just let them be. How old before they start laying? Thanks for all the info!
Ok I see what you are talking about, I believe I have one with the cream gene?? Here are some more pics, they are just pets for the pretty eggs . Hard to get good pics, they hide behind a pallet from the big girls.
I know it's weird how the two can be such different colors, even the legs on the darker one are have a brighter peachy color to them. Here are pic of the darker chick
My first batch was shipped from just a few hours away and I got 5/10 with 3 cockerels. This batch of eggs came from IN to FL and I got them in 1 1/2 days, 9 made it to lockdown 2 hatched (pullets), the rest of the eggs are still in the incubator but I don't think any more are going to hatch (day...
Makes me wonder if the PO is doing something different this year (x-rays, etc..) than last year?? I will have to find a local breeder for my eggs. I can't have Roos so I can't hatch my own. I have 8 silkie eggs due out today and all were good at lockdown and these are in a different incubator...
Last year my hatch rate was great with all different breeds. This year has really been difficult, granted they are all shipped eggs so that's a negative from the start. I hope you have a great hatch!
No action, only 2 out of 9 hatched??? Not sure what went wrong? All were great at lockdown. I will leave them in for another day or so but I don't have my hopes up
Thanks, I have it at 70ish right now and I did a quick candle of them, one I could tell was dead, one was trying to internally pip the other 5 were iffy. I've had horrible luck with shipped eggs this year!! I will update if more hatch.
I'm thinking so too, she was stuck to the membrane pretty bad. I raised the humidity, I hope it hasn't shrink rapped the other chicks!! Tonight is day 21 and there's not action in any of the other 7 eggs. Any suggestions???
Thanks guys! I put her (I think) under the heat lamp and had to leave for work. DH will babysit an I hope to have more fluffy butts when I get home! more pics this evening.