blue/ lavender mottled cochin project! eggs rocking PICS

[austinhart123]

18 days ago i set 10 eggs from a pen where i have mottled cochins and lavender cochins, there are males and females of both colors, so there are good chances of getting pure colored chicks. 7 of those were fertile, 1 quit. but anyways, i turned the turning off and put the humidity up a little ( i like to leave it around 55-60%) so i am hoping that some of these will ahtch, i will post pictures of the little ones once they hatch!
wish me luck!

PS> if anyone has tried this crossing before, let me know what your results were!


after i get a good amount of these blue/lav mottled chicks, my next project will be mottled frizzles and lavender frizzles!

 

[GraceAK]

this is exciting!

 

[bubblebean11]

Good luck!!

 

[austinhart123]

ive had bad luck on mylast few hatches, very low hatch rates, all the eggs make it to around day 19 then die, i bought a new hydrometer and thermometer and calibrated my incubator, which was giving me incorrect readings, and i hoped that solved the problem before its too late, i will let you all know how it goes, as soon as these eggs are out, i have two egg cartons full of the same eggs along with some huge green eggs from my 5 year old EE who i thought had retired

 

[austinhart123]

we have 1 pip that i can see, i think there might be a pip on an egg that cracked and has candlewax on the crack, although it might just be from the orgonal crack

 

[austinhart123]

3 have hatched, 1 has pipped, and two remain idle, the egg that had been cracked at 2.5 weeks and covered in candle wax hatched healthily

 

[The Sheriff]

Quote:
Yeah, go candle wax baby!

 

[seminolewind]

How exciting!

 

[austinhart123]

here are the three that are out

 

[Karrie13]

They are adorable! I cant wait for more pictures once they are dry!