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[Ravynscroft]

Looks like I'm getting eggs Saturday! No idea what they are, other than fertile chicken

 

[Eggscoozme]

Have you thought about getting a BCM from MPC? That's were I got mine from. Just got 1, because although I like the dark eggs, I thought it took 8 months for them to start laying. Well, this one I have now starting laying at 6 months, lays 4/wk, and they are DARK. Everybody at work loves them.

So, what do you get if you mix an olive egger with a BCM? A super duper dark green egg?

 

[FridayYet]

Have you thought about getting a BCM from MPC?  That's were I got mine from.  Just got 1, because although I like the dark eggs, I thought it took 8 months for them to start laying.  Well, this one I have now starting laying at 6 months, lays 4/wk, and they are DARK.  Everybody at work loves them. 

So, what do you get if you mix an olive egger with a BCM?   A super duper dark green egg?

Or a brown egg. The OE probably has only 1 copy of the blue egg gene, and each chick has a 50/50 chance of inheriting it. Definitely worth a try though!

 

[junebuggena]

Or a brown egg. The OE probably has only 1 copy of the blue egg gene, and each chick has a 50/50 chance of inheriting it. Definitely worth a try though!

Actually, the one copy of blue is only true if it's a first generation Olive Egger. Second or third generation birds can be pure for the blue shell gene, and be pure for the brown coating genes. The coating genes inherit and operate independently from the shell color genes.

 

[Cynthia12]

Hoping everyone is feeling this cheery this morning. I've been up for a while, so I'm getting there.

 

[orrpeople]

Big west coast storm last night means no 4 hour drive for BCM eggs. Sad. Ah well, I hear our local TJs has fertile eggs, so (inspired by y'all) I will head in to town and pick up a dozen to add to my Bielefelders and barnyard mixes (doing mostly Barred Rock/BCM crosses so I can sex them right out of the gate).

 

[Bug n Flock]

Good mornin' folks.

All my peepers are still peepin', but one seems to be having some trouble with its legs, and is spending a fair amount of time laying down on its back. Should I do anything for the little fuzzer or just see how it plays out? It is eating that I have seen, and I'm pretty sure is drinking(all the fuzzers look the same! Augh!).

 

[sugarstark]

Anyone near Peekskill ny with fertile eggs? Willing to drive 30-45 minutes. Thought I'd ask here

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Whew, I can't believe I finally got hold of some Trader Joe's eggs..and now....I have 3 doz. of them set! What was I thinking? What if I get .. say...2 doz. to hatch..what will I do? Someone please tell me what I should do. lol

LOL, good Luck!!!

OMG I was just at Trader Joe's looking at eggs. The girl was stocking them, so I asked, did you put out any new fertile eggs today? She didn't know so we started looking at them. She said " you know they aren't really fertile" no I didn't know that, I said. First she said that there is a rooster but he doesn't mate them. I said if there is a rooster in there he is mating them. Then She said " yeah they don't have a rooster in there with them, they just get to look at a rooster in a pen by them. I said, wouldn't that be false advertising? She didn't know what to say after that.

Looks like my bator is working as expected. We should start them up on Friday to be ready for Sunday, yes?

I have a solution Cynthia...if you get 2 dozen to hatch, you can send me a dozen babies. There, problem solved!

so generous! lol

My fiance says no trader Joe eggs

Little does he know I have all Saturday morning by myself

we wont tell!

My New Years resolution is "I hope all chicks hatch successfully this year, and I win the Lottery to pay their feed bill"

Good Luck !!!
are you going to join the HAL??

Looks like I'm getting eggs Saturday! No idea what they are, other than fertile chicken

Woohooo!!

Anyone near Peekskill ny with fertile eggs? Willing to drive 30-45 minutes. Thought I'd ask here

only person i can think of in NY is @RubyNala97 but not sure where she is exactly

 

[Cynthia12]

Good mornin' folks.

All my peepers are still peepin', but one seems to be having some trouble with its legs, and is spending a fair amount of time laying down on its back. Should I do anything for the little fuzzer or just see how it plays out? It is eating that I have seen, and I'm pretty sure is drinking(all the fuzzers look the same! Augh!).

Is this baby sitting on it's bumm..backwards? Or is it laying all the way on it's back..back. Trying to picture this. Any photos of this baby like this?