Breeding Project Spring 2014

[Aphrael]

she seems fine today, comb seems normal. possibly shorter.

That's good news!

 

[luvmypets]

uh oh candled four of her eggs, and only saw development in one, i never have candled before and the only one i sw development had a white shell. I think i supposed to wait longer for brown...btw its day 6

 

[TeaChick]

That's good news!

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uh oh candled four of her eggs, and only saw development in one, i never have candled before and the only one i sw development had a white shell. I think i supposed to wait longer for brown...btw its day 6

Yeah, I read that candling is easier on dark colored eggs later than on white.
You're almost a third of the way through!!! =D

 

[luvmypets]

Sad news, i had been having a hunch all day that something had happened to her eggs, turns out i was right i opened the barn door and walked down the aisle to the broody, to look under her. What i found were eggs caked in poo, and her one egg i candled yesterday was gone and all i found was a little egg shell. Then i tried candling the other eggs, and the only dark spots were the poo. Then i came to the one small egg i thought was a dud...SURPRISE!!! I saw development, and when i twisted the egg, the embryo moved with it. So then i went to get more eggs for her, and now she has two one day old eggs, and seven 6 day old eggs. About her eggs, i think something raided her nest, i found full egg shell out of the nest, and her eggs, were clean yesterday, only thing is i dont know what did it, our barn is very secure. Also i was almost positive that her eggs, were duds, but my dad insisted i leave them oh god waiting, and waiting, well we'll see where the road leads her, i can tell shes a devoted mom, to be honest, i think she accidently broke her egg, and the little baby got soaked up by the straw. Maybe the poopy eggs will hatch. Probably not.

luvmypets

 

[gimmie birdies]

you'd be suprised.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I had a hen poop all over her eggs, so I got some wet paper towel and wiped them as clean as I dared. They hatched the next day. I have had rats raid the eggs.
Even another hen challenging her for the nest will make her muscle down on the eggs and in an attempt to protect her eggs , she will often break them herself.

 

[luvmypets]

k i was gonna wipe them down but i decided to leave them cause we had to go.

 

[TeaChick]

Sad news, i had been having a hunch all day that something had happened to her eggs, turns out i was right i opened the barn door and walked down the aisle to the broody, to look under her. What i found were eggs caked in poo, and her one egg i candled yesterday was gone and all i found was a little egg shell. Then i tried candling the other eggs, and the only dark spots were the poo. Then i came to the one small egg i thought was a dud...SURPRISE!!! I saw development, and when i twisted the egg, the embryo moved with it. So then i went to get more eggs for her, and now she has two one day old eggs, and seven 6 day old eggs. About her eggs, i think something raided her nest, i found full egg shell out of the nest, and her eggs, were clean yesterday, only thing is i dont know what did it, our barn is very secure. Also i was almost positive that her eggs, were duds, but my dad insisted i leave them oh god waiting, and waiting, well we'll see where the road leads her, i can tell shes a devoted mom, to be honest, i think she accidently broke her egg, and the little baby got soaked up by the straw. Maybe the poopy eggs will hatch. Probably not.

luvmypets

I'm sorry to hear about the egg(s) that didn't make it!!!
Glad about the small one!!! =)
Do you think you need to move her to a somewhat more secure location? With the setup that I have, I would put her in a box one night (with the front cut out of is, so she feels like everything's the same), then put a towel over her the next night, then move her the following night, then uncover her a little bit at a time. (Obviously, making sure she has access to food and water the whole time). I would put her in the brooder I have on my back porch; if I didn't have the brooder, I'd put her in a large cardboard box in my laundry room. That's just with the setup that I have; I know everybody's got a little different type of thing going on.
If your barn is secure, meaning that you're fairly certain nothing got into the barn to get at her and/or the nest, then the possibility must be considered that whatever got to her egg(s) was already in the barn, possibly one of your other hens???
I wish you the best, Hon!!!

 

[TeaChick]

k i was gonna wipe them down but i decided to leave them cause we had to go.

Is she your new avatar pic?

 

[RockNSuccess]

we just did a test hatch with some english orpington eggs
all clear
i guess i'll have to trim some butts so the roo can "hit the mark"

Do you really have to trim their bums? I plan for this spring is two fold. One to get a laying flock of colored eggs: Marans, Ameracauana and Olive Eggers. Second is to breed rainbow Orpingtons. LOL. I love the Orpingtons so much! Such beautiful fluffy, sweet birds. They are good layers, but can also be used for meat. Right now I have two Buff Orp pullets and three Lav Orp (English) eggs in the bator. So far all three are doing well. I have an order in for BBS Orp eggs and am trying to get some Jubilee eggs. I only inted to have Orp roos, but do not intend to separate the colors for breeding. Thus, my rainbow Orpington flock. I just want to have fun with the colors. No intention of breeding for a show flock, just good layers with lots of color.