Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[daxigait]

@chicken5555Congratulations. Is the one they rolled totally down? That could make it hard to get oxygen. Keep an eye on it. You might ask on the other thread.
Good morning.

 

[Chicken5555]

@chicken5555 Congratulations. Is the one they rolled totally down? That could make it hard to get oxygen. Keep an eye on it. You might ask on the other thread.
Good morning.

Good morning to you too!

The pip is far enough up on the curve of the shell that the chick can get oxygen if it does roll that far over, but it's not completely facing down.

 

[daxigait]

Good morning to you too!

The pip is far enough up on the curve of the shell that the chick can get oxygen if it does roll that far over, but it's not completely facing down.

Good. I asked on the other thread for learning purposes. For the rest go chickies

 

[Catandherchicks]

@marchick Prayers for healing being sent your way.

 

[Catandherchicks]

I went to bed after the second chick hatched (I was falling asleep watching the chicks) and after I could see than one was close to zipping. At exactly 4:45am something woke me. I went straight to the incubator and saw FIVE babies! Two were freshly hatched, one was damp and the first two were getting pretty fluffy. This is the first to hatch. The egg with a question mark on it looks like it should zip pretty soon (the babies have rolled it over so you can't see the pip). Two others have pips. Two show no signs at this point, but I'm not giving up on them yet.

Big congrats! I could "hear" you smiling excitedly through your posts. Now you can nap.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

Why is there a question mark on it? Just curious. I'm so jealous. I have another four or five months till I have a chance of hatching my own...just got a blue baby boy yesterday, tho, so I'm on my way to my own babies!!! This is getting me excited about spring!!! Congrats on your babies! They're gorgeous!!! Now I officially NEED a splash!!!

 

[Chicken5555]

Why is there a question mark on it? Just curious. I'm so jealous. I have another four or five months till I have a chance of hatching my own...just got a blue baby boy yesterday, tho, so I'm on my way to my own babies!!! This is getting me excited about spring!!! Congrats on your babies! They're gorgeous!!! Now I officially NEED a splash!!!

The color on that egg was pretty light and I didn't know if I'd want to keep that chick or not. I had separated the eggs by color, but the chicks jumped over their box edge and they're all mixed up now LOL. This is my first time hatching chicks and I can already tell you that you'll need containers at least three inches tall to keep eggs separated. Who knew they could jump!

blue x blue = 25% splash. I'm sure you already know that though because you got a blue cockerel.

Good luck with breeding them! I hope you defy the odds and get at least 1/3 splash.

 

[Chicken5555]

Big congrats! I could "hear" you smiling excitedly through your posts. Now you can nap.

Thank you!. Yes, I have been smiling so much that my face hurts. At 10:05 this morning another black hatched. That makes six chicks, three pips and one making no progress. The day isn't over yet though!

 

[FreedomFarm13]

The color on that egg was pretty light and I didn't know if I'd want to keep that chick or not. I had separated the eggs by color, but the chicks jumped over their box edge and they're all mixed up now LOL. This is my first time hatching chicks and I can already tell you that you'll need containers at least three inches tall to keep eggs separated. Who knew they could jump!


blue x blue = 25% splash. I'm sure you already know that though because you got a blue cockerel.  Good luck with breeding them! I hope you defy the odds and get at least 1/3 splash.

Oh, ok. That makes sense. And yeah, I already knew that. I wanted to be able to get all the colors, so I got blue girls and a boy, and blue wheaten girls and a boy...can't wait till they're all old enough to give me babies. I really want a splash and a splash wheaten. I already got a wheaten girl yesterday, too when I was getting my blue boy. She was so pretty I couldn't help it, lol. I'm super excited to hatch some, but I don't have much patience. Hopefully I'll be able to stand waiting the 21 days it takes them to hatch. And hopefully they'll be as cute as yours

 

[MrsBachbach]

Hi Everyone! It's been a while since I have been on Byc. My surgery didn't go well. After 5 weeks I have one arm that just hangs there. I went out in me Wheaten pen and took a few pictures so yall could see how they where growing. If I could get some input on which Blue Wheaten Rooster you like best out of the two. Thank you!

Hard to tell anything in those pictures, they are bunched together, turned different ways, and it looks like they aren't finished with their feathers. But, I do see one obvious no and that is the blue wheaten male in the first photo. Looks like he has red lacing in his breast, so you don't want to use him. Can't see the wheatens well enough and they need some more finishing to make a good observation.