3rd Annual NYD Hatch "Designer" Egg Swap Thread

[rarely bored]

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Lol, yes it does! Thanks! amazing what one learns here!

We are getting close to receiving our assignment!

 

[mshuey1]

I can't wait I want fluffy babies

 

[GrannysRoost]

Now that I know my roo is getting business taken care of I'm in for 6. Will be golden phoenix and hopefully the dominique gets busy. I will take anything, but sorry, I just can't do those NN's

 

[9Catsz]

I have silkie roos and 2 NN/showgirl wannabe roos and I've yet to get a single NN chick.....why can't you get it when you actually want it?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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totally agree. I mated 2 naked necks together, and out of 3 eggs I got 1 naked neck. If you're mating bowtie naked neck to non-naked neck there's only a 25% chance of naked necked chicks.

 

[9Catsz]

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totally agree. I mated 2 naked necks together, and out of 3 eggs I got 1 naked neck. If you're mating bowtie naked neck to non-naked neck there's only a 25% chance of naked necked chicks.

Thanks for the ratio. Now I know what the problem is. I have 2 silkie roos and 2 bowtie NN roos running with my normal silkies so it appears I've got even less than a 25% chance of NN chicks. So far I've hatched 5 normal-looking black silkies and 2 more pipped and died in shell and were also normal-looking silkies. I've got a lot more in the incubator and I'm saving every sikie egg so eventually I'll get one .....and hopefully a dozen.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I just wish I had more room to work on project birds. I was going to try and get a white turken with yellow legs that laid white eggs, but there was no room after I hatched out F1. And besides, turkens themselves are not too desirable, can you imagine if I told someone I specifically bred it to lay white eggs? I have a 160 sq foot coop

and 38 birds in there. Prior to the great hawk attack of 2011 and the culling of Wry Tail, it was at capacity with 40 birds. I don't mind having more in there in the summer but they do get cooped up in there when it's actively snowing. I also have a hard time thinking about selling those birds off, they were my first birds. I'm much more practical when it comes to things I hatch and selling them off.

I'm going to work on the swap assignments this afternoon. I do have a head cold so I'm waiting until this afternoon when hopefully the medication is still working but the fog has lifted.

 

[gryeyes]

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I hate the way a head cold impedes good thinking. It's like there is wet cotton blocking thoughts, except for the "I'm miserable" one.

Hope you feel better, later, SCG!

 

[anderson8505]

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Hope you feel better soon. Seems everyone I know is coming down with a virus. I escaped one this week, felt it coming on and somehow managed to dodge it.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Ok this swap is officially closed to new entrants!

Boyfriend is upstairs trying to figure out how to print my spreadsheet. Then I'll compare what I have on there to the first page of this thread and make sure I haven't missed anyone, then try matching you guys up. I just re-upped on my pseudoephedrine so I should have a good 4 hours if it holds.