Blue & Splash Ameraucanas...and one Welsummer Girl

[speckledhen]

Ok, I'll sure do that! Since we live close to each other, no shipping! My oldest Blue Ameraucana hen is just coming out of molt, so she isn't laying again yet. Gypsy, Nora and Snow should provide enough pretty blue eggs for us. I have one EE, June, but she laid maybe four eggs (under the roost, bad girl) and quit..unless she's hiding them somewhere. I'll let you know when they are large enough to incubate! (Gypsy and Nora and Charlotte all lay good sized eggs already, just need Snow's to be bigger)

 

[Wendyba29]

How do you tell if the eggs are fertile? I have been candling mine and I can't tell. Although my rooster is still young, I don't think he's quite doing the job yet. I won't incubate any of mine because they are siblings and I don't want three legged chickens running around!! Well wait an extra drumstick wouldn't be that bad!!

 

[speckledhen]

You're going to have to crack one in a bowl and look for the white spot. If it has a ring around it, sort of like a bullseye, it's fertile. If not, no. At the top of the egglaying section, you'll see a sticky that says something about fertile vs infertile by me. Has pics to compare. You cant tell if they are fertile unless you incubate them for at least 4 days or so and break it open, carefully, to see veins OR incubate about 6 days and candle. Cant candle an unincubated egg and tell anything, really.
Chickens aren't like humans. You can breed relatives. Best not to be sister to brother for too many generations, but mother to son or grandson, etc, is fine.

 

[Wendyba29]

Okay thanks I'll try that and see if they are fertile! Thanks a bunch!!

 

[Wendyba29]

I checked my eggs this morning and they are fertile!!

 

[speckledhen]

Congrats!!