I know!!!! I found this information after I had already had 3 disastrous hatches. If I'd known to let the bator cool for a little bit every day, I might have had better luck. At least I know now! My plan for next year is to put a regular lamp timer on the incubator, you know, the ones that you use when you go out of town, and schedule cooling every day until lock down. I'll see if that makes any difference.
She looks quite a character!Brahmas!! I love my Blanca girl. She was my first hen! I will always love her the most. Not to mention she is the sweetest! She will greet me very day when I get home from work. And hollers at me till I pick her up and carry her around for a while.
My big diva girl!
Quote: So what happens with splash x gold partridge? I have one 'splash' chick also.
I appreciate the offer of the cockerel but if we end up working with the same colors maybe we could just trade eggs one day.
Some Brahmas are sooo needy! Pretty hen....nice pics!Brahmas!! I love my Blanca girl. She was my first hen! I will always love her the most. Not to mention she is the sweetest! She will greet me very day when I get home from work. And hollers at me till I pick her up and carry her around for a while.
My big diva girl!
Splash crossed with gold will give you blue partridge all sexes and both ways (splash male or splash female), I think. That is what the chicken calculator says as well, but Big Medicine is the man to answer that with more certainty than me. Trading eggs would work for me. I'll probably be ready next spring after everyone has grown up, started mating and fertility is checked, I think it will take me that long. Longer if any other problems rear their ugly heads!
As far as I can tell, the first part is correct. Blue x blue = splash & blue, blue x gold = blue & gold, splash x gold = blue, splash x blue = splash, splash x splash = splash & blue, at least that is the way I think it goes. Again, Big Medicine is more informed than I am. Maybe he'll jump in and confirm or deny.Ugh. Just when I thought I had it down.. I thought you could put a splash over golds and get 100% blues? And I also thought blues didn't breed true at all??
I am so happy for you! It makes it that much more special when you know that you saved them!
Good news everybody. All 4 of the 23 day old abandoned are active and 2 are hatching tonight. So happy, thank you everyone for there help. 5 more 18 day old that will be tended to in the same fashion. Will post pics as the hatching is done.
("have to have one of each or both blue to get the blue")..
