April 2021 Hatch - A - Long

[LadiesAndJane]

I don’t have any deathlayer polish this hatch. The bantam polish won’t breed with Ozzt she chose my bantam buff cochin this year, but she had no fertile eggs.

I do have some polish deathlayer eggs but I’m not sure who they mated with. I was hoping the bantam cochin... did I tell you that they lay green eggs???

I gave two of the Polish deathlayers to a friend and he told me that they were laying green eggs and I didn’t believe him. But now my two are laying green eggs! One lays olive and the other mint green.

Wow! That is so strange and cool!
Where did the green egg color come from? I bet the polish mixed with cochin would be interesting! Too bad none were fertile.
I have two red bantam cochin chicks coming in a chick order this week. Have never had cochins, but I hear such great things about them.

 

[FortCluck]

Wow! That is so strange and cool!
Where did the green egg color come from? I bet the polish mixed with cochin would be interesting! Too bad none were fertile.
I have two red bantam cochin chicks coming in a chick order this week. Have never had cochins, but I hear such great things about them.

I just culled a regular size lavender cochin... he was too big and my girls really disliked him. Loved him but I have to do what’s best for the girls.

But I cannot say enough good things about bantam cochin. Bane is my main man. He’s so funny and friendly!

Ozzy is a deathlayer cross I believe. His coloring is off and eye color is not deathlayer coloring. It was a mixup at the breeders my friend bought him from, but whatever he is mixed with has dominant green eggs because every one of his offspring lays green. My friend paid tons for him he was a meany so they gifted him to me... he’s never crossed me and he’s such a sweetie!

 

[Melontine]

First silkie is hatched! Lots more are pipped, looks like it’ll be a bit until this kid has a friend.
I’m bad at guessing colors, though I’m thinking maybe a blue paint?
They’ll likely all come out mixed colored.

 

[Cluckatar]

We did our first candling this weekend on our 14 silver laced barnevelder eggs. 12 show viable growth at day 8. These are shipped eggs, and I'm noticing that many of them have an air cell that looks irregular in shape. Heart shaped? Is this a bad thing I should be worried about? We gave them a 24 hour rest before putting in the incubator, and are hand turning.

 

[FortCluck]

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First silkie is hatched! Lots more are pipped, looks like it’ll be a bit until this kid has a friend.
I’m bad at guessing colors, though I’m thinking maybe a blue paint?
They’ll likely all come out mixed colored.

I’m bad at coloring too

 

[Artichoke Lover]

We did our first candling this weekend on our 14 silver laced barnevelder eggs. 12 show viable growth at day 8. These are shipped eggs, and I'm noticing that many of them have an air cell that looks irregular in shape. Heart shaped? Is this a bad thing I should be worried about? We gave them a 24 hour rest before putting in the incubator, and are hand turning.

It sounds like your air cells are saddled. It’s not good but it’s not horrible either. I do think they need special care though.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I hatched 3 and bought 7 this weekend...

And, I have a rooster who has been running around mating all my hens, and I opened and egg today and it was fertile!!! I am going to put in some of my eggs with my shipped eggs coming this week. Good thing I have 2 incubators.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Ladies and Jane- I have about 3 clutches of chicks that are staggered, and they have been mixing well- the ones above are new chicks and my week old chicks, I have some a week older yet, and even older. I think they may all get to know each other well.

 

[FortCluck]

Was just cleaning my spare bedroom and my incubator with all my chicken and quail eggs fell... everything is now dead. Blood stains all over my new carpet and all...

 

[AUChickenGal]

All three of mine have hatched already, right as Day 19 officially begins. Not bad. The first two are doing well in the brooder with my week-old shipped chicks. Hopefully I can get this last one outside before bed tonight.