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Desertmarcy,
I am hoping to relocate to a home with at least an acre in the next few years...then I can look forward to some real breeding ((-; Until then I plan to do everything else via those who can breed...

So, I asked Jeremy to run these pullets with a mature rooster a week before shipping...he did. today one of them laid an egg for the first time since arriving last Weds. I broke the egg to see if it looked fertile as I am getting that NH batch of eggs from him next week and could set some from these gals along with...here's a few pics...fertile or not in your opinion??? It looked fertile to me...it was still a little warm and was probably laid about 2 hrs before I got it. It is tough losing one to check the possibility but i just.had.to ((-;
 
Arizona Chickens---Fertile or Not???
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cluckin_crazy said:
I get my honey from Galen at Backyard Farmer.  He raises it at his place in Mesa - Lehi area, I think.  

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Backyard-Farmer-Feed-LLC/164737690212104

http://veggiesdelivered.com/ 

I got a new quart delivered yesterday and it's delicious.  I go through a lot of honey as well as I make all our bread and it's about 1/4c of honey per loaf.  We've recently gone to the whole/real food side and I will do my darndest to never buy bread from a store again. 
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I make a bread that calls for 1/2 c honey per 2 loaves, too! And oatmeal. I'd rather use honey than sugar. We seldom buy store bread anymore, too.
 
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Desertmarcy,
I am hoping to relocate to a home with at least an acre in the next few years...then I can look forward to some real breeding ((-; Until then I plan to do everything else via those who can breed...

So, I asked Jeremy to run these pullets with a mature rooster a week before shipping...he did. today one of them laid an egg for the first time since arriving last Weds. I broke the egg to see if it looked fertile as I am getting that NH batch of eggs from him next week and could set some from these gals along with...here's a few pics...fertile or not in your opinion??? It looked fertile to me...it was still a little warm and was probably laid about 2 hrs before I got it. It is tough losing one to check the possibility but i just.had.to ((-;
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Sorry I just can't tell for the photo, but others have said, look for the bullseye. Personally, I've never really looked at a freshly cracked open egg to see if it was fertile. When I crack them open, I'm eating them
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How long after he shipped did your pullet lay the egg? They should stay fertile for 2 weeks---can be up to a month--after breeding. Are you going to incubate them?
 
Desertmarcy-
The pullets were penned with a rooster up until 1/14...so they are 10 days out from last exposure chance. I am planning on collecting and storing until i set 2 breed groups of shipped eggs next thursday....I will set what i collect from these BR pullets and cross fingers until i candle all on day 5 (-; Long shot, but what the heck--right?
 

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