12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[JCaseyHammond]

These chicks are going to be fabulous. Lol!
She does have a bowtie though so maybe not all of her offspring will have naked necks?

“Fabulous” is a pretty good name for a naked neck, either pullet or cockerel

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Well, I candled my eggs last night and half of them were blood rings. Not sure what is going on. Hopefully the rest will be ok. This did not happen with my hatch last month; maybe I didn’t do a good job cleaning the incubator? Feeling a bit disappointed.

Not likely anything you did.
In my experience this happens more often with shipped eggs.

 

[Josip]

Does anyone happen to know if naked neck is a dominant gene? Lol...it just occurred to me that there is a chance for naked neck Polkies in my hatch because my friend has a Showgirl Silkie.
Naked necks look funny enough but if you throw in Polish genes this could be a very funny looking chicken. Lol!

Last year i had NN ROOSTER and 10 hens (2 nacked necks) all chiks out of NN ROOSTER and NN hens were naceked neck but all chiks out NN ROOSTER and hens who are not NN were naceked neck in just 30-40%

 

[BlueBaby]

Does anyone happen to know if naked neck is a dominant gene? Lol...it just occurred to me that there is a chance for naked neck Polkies in my hatch because my friend has a Showgirl Silkie.
Naked necks look funny enough but if you throw in Polish genes this could be a very funny looking chicken. Lol!

You might wind up with silkied Naked Neck's wearing some top hat's.

 

[Parront]

These chicks are going to be fabulous. Lol!
She does have a bowtie though so maybe not all of her offspring will have naked necks?

Here is a link to something like yours: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/naked-neck-turken-thread.301500/post-24115279

 

[cppeace]

So 15 bresse eggs candled Day 7 or morn 8. 5 infertile/ non starters. 2 most likely ring of deaths 4 for sure with good veins/ movement. 4 doubtful but not positive they've quit/ died.

 

[Corbdee]

iiiiiiiit's picture time!

 

[Corbdee]

iiiiiiiit's picture time!

I'm catching up on photos now


...so heads up

 

[BullChick]

So 15 bresse eggs candled Day 7 or morn 8. 5 infertile/ non starters. 2 most likely ring of deaths 4 for sure with good veins/ movement. 4 doubtful but not positive they've quit/ died.

Oh, my! I hope you see more positive things in a few days!

 

[Corbdee]

I'm catching up on photos now

When I first started out (first 2):

first stages of development on day 4, with steady heartbeats. This one's a buff:

Day 7 ~ first stages of movement (next 5):

One of my white cresteds on day 4 (not a blood ring):

Day 8 with some beautiful veins all around the embryo, along with developing eyes & ears (khaki campbell) (next 2 photos):

The best I could do trying to photograph the little duckie feet(this photo as well as the next 3 after the cayuga egg):

One of my Cayugas developing perfectly on day 5:

Other duck feet photos. (Also, I took a video where you can see them moving and its so much easier to see. It melts your heart. If anyone wants to see it, just ask and I'll invite you to a pm.