Thank you! I am pretty partial to australorps. They have lots of good qualities. They even look good pink! ....I'm sure they would be lovely in blue too...I have so many breeds I am lusting after now! Next thing will be to try to hatch some SFH's though. Then isabelle marans, blue astralorps, etc, etc,ect....
Here's my little Lorp. Imagine him black and white, instead of pink.Yours looks like it certainly could be! It will be interesting to see what it turns into.
I love your babies!
MrsB
I got my Isabelle Marans from Papa Brooder, he has a current listing for eggs on this site. I had a great hatch rate with his eggs. 7 out of 8. I highly recommend him and will probably be getting some Brahma from him for the E-Hal.
Thanks! I am going to get on the list! I have never seen anything so gorgeous. I may have to start Xanax though if I get them as anxious as I got with my own mutt eggs.
Thanks everyone for the good advice. I do have one more question. Do I turn the eggs like in the incubator, 45 degrees, back and forth? Or turned upside down (pointy end up)? Sorry if that's a silly question, but I remember something about turning eggs kept in the refrigerator upside down. I have them in the box, round end up, and have been tilting them back and forth about 45 degrees a couple of times. (I don't have them in the refrigerator, lol!)
That's what made me think maybe a health issue with the adults. I've had power outages during incubation before and always hatched out at least 2 - 3. But it's probably a combination of things. Also our power is usually right back on within the day and this is the first time I've ever done a hatch outside of spring/summer.
Since others are doing their tally, here's mine:
20 set
3 clear, 2 quitters tossed at day 14.
of the 15 that made it to lockdown 14 hatched:
1 Araucana
1 Brabanter
4 Silkies
1 OE? (it was supposed to be an Isbar, but the egg was very Olive colored)
7 Isabelle Marans
That's 70% combined hatch rate (on shipped eggs)!
and 87% on the Marans eggs shipped from CA!
