2015 breeding season

[kgillis27]

I raised the two young birds. First time ever trying. Plus I have a older female and she raised a male.

 

[msmolly]

So,my hen Lucy has always hatched 6 out of 6 eggs in the past. Now- this time....she just hatched the one chick, and when I saw the chick was growing weaker- having to wait for the other eggs to hatch, the hen wasn't going to get up and take her feeding.... so I finally tapped the other eggs. All 5 eggs were totally undeveloped...nothing. How weird is that? One perfect chick and 5 unfertilized eggs. Too early in the season,...too cold weather,....my male needs inspiration? What do you think?
So, little chick is an only child, which Will work out nicely as I was planning on keeping one this year.
Now I don't have to choose.

 

[Birdrain92]

So,my hen Lucy has always hatched 6 out of 6 eggs in the past. Now- this time....she just hatched the one chick, and when I saw the chick was growing weaker- having to wait for the other eggs to hatch, the hen wasn't going to get up and take her feeding.... so I finally tapped the other eggs. All 5 eggs were totally undeveloped...nothing. How weird is that? One perfect chick and 5 unfertilized eggs. Too early in the season,...too cold weather,....my male needs inspiration? What do you think?
So, little chick is an only child, which Will work out nicely as I was planning on keeping one this year.
Now I don't have to choose.

I'm going to guess the peachick is a boy. Just for fun.

 

[msmolly]

I'm going to guess the peachick is a boy. Just for fun.

I'm actualy hoping for a hen- just because it will keep the peace around here if I don't have another male. Then again- who doesn't love the male Pea? Any reason your guessing male? Is it the wing bars? Long legs? Come on, give us your clues.

 

[Birdrain92]

I'm actualy hoping for a hen- just because it will keep the peace around here if I don't have another male. Then again- who doesn't love the male Pea? Any reason your guessing male? Is it the wing bars? Long legs? Come on, give us your clues.

He's light colored, the wing has a rust color to it as well.

 

[Birdrain92]

My peahen is hard at work with her 4 eggs under her. I'm hearing cheeps from the incubator and one of the eggs has been pecked out half way. Peachick will be here soon, hoping for no defects!

 

[elsfieldchickens]

Thats great!
Ive just candled my white over black shoulder egg and its moving!

 

[KsKingBee]

My pair of two-year-old Spaulding Purple Black Shoulder have given me about ten eggs. Yay. I just candled the first ones set, all clears. Boo hoo. I guess hindsight is perfect as I should have put her with Papa P even though he is low percentage Spaulding Purple BS, at least I know his jizz is good. She gets introduced tomorrow and the boy gets to go play with the yearlings. She has given me about ten eggs, so she may be done for the year, her last egg was laid four days ago.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Had high hopes with my first true peach egg this season. It developed then quit on me. Had 4 Taupes and 3 were clears and one started to develope then also gave up the ship very early on. Each weekend hatchalong is getting better fertility wise and more hatched chicks but my weekly egg count is down about 45% from last year, for the same corresponding week.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

Sorry to hear about that frenchblackcopper. I was supposed to have my first peachick hatch today but by the time I woke up it was dead, but when I looked inside it was shrink wrapped and malpositioned. Plus it was a bronze blackshoulder so I was fairly bummed. I have been sick the past few days so I was not checking on the egg like I was supposed to. Congrats to those who are hatching chicks and best of luck to those currently incubating eggs!