Buckeye Breed Thread

[Pathfinders]

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As I said on the phone to Dave yesterday, my sincerest sympathies! Poor chickies...

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Pigeon toes are not, in my experience, common at all. And they are not desirable in a show bird, no. Can you post a picture of what you're dealing with? Then we can see what you mean. Perhaps you have crooked toes? (They are more common than pigeon toes.) Was this from a bird you hatched yourself? Often crooked toes mean your incubator heat is too high at some stage of development.

 

[mrandmrschicken]

Hi Laura;

No, this is my parent stock, their offspring don't seem to have that trait. I'll post a toe pic as soon as I'm able but they don't appear to be crooked toes. They are Urch strain, hatched at Urch/Turnland hatchery.

 

[greenpeeps]

Sorry to hear about your loss Dave. Couldn't imagine how you felt.


I got the call this morning, my chicks were in, except the buckeyes!! Couldn't beleive it. Oh well I ordered 4, now I think I'm going to look for 2 Buckeyes and or 2 Polish. Sad Sad Sad

Anyone near Youngstown, Ohio, Let me know what ya got

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

In your experience do Buckeyes hatch a little late?

I have one of those domed school incubators. I started 12 JamesA buckeye eggs that had been shipped (double-bubble wrapped, very nice, not a crack or flaw) and 4 hand-gathered hatchery Speckled Sussex as a control on March 9 7pm.

Locked down with 4 Speckled Sussex and 5 Buckeye (Post Office scramble, to be expected).

Three of the Speckled Sussex hatched last night and this morning. Not a pip on the Buckeyes yet. The Sussex eggs were notably smaller.

Do smaller eggs "cook" faster?

What day do you usually have Buckeyes hatching?

I'm really nervous about going home.

 

[Pathfinders]

Smaller eggs do hatch sooner. In my experience, Buckeye eggs do not hatch later than other large fowl, but then I don't mix breeds/sizes when I hatch, so I'm not the best source of info on this.

I would just walk away and let things sit. Do nothing. See what happens. The chicks can stay in the incubator for at least two days (remember, they absorb the egg yolk, which is how we can ship them.)

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

If no other eggs are pipped and I steam up the bathroom, can I sneak the hatched chicks out early in the steamy bathroom?

The kids are getting anxious, and the hatched ones look like trouble.

They will have to wait a little while as I have to finished checking the brooder bin.

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

scratch that, the 11yo called to say he thinks a buckeye is pipped. We'll see what's up soon.

 

[Pathfinders]

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DO NOT OPEN THAT INCUBATOR!!!!!

Really. Don't do it. Leave them alone. You'll kill the unhatched Buckeyes if you do (or cause them to get stuck inside the shell and then need help, which can go badly if you're not really experienced, and sometimes does even if you are.)

WALK AWAY. JUST WALK AWAY. PLEASE.

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

Ok. It does not help to have all this experience available or ask for advice if you are not willing to listen to it.

We will not open the incubator until at least day 23-24.

Thanks!
JoAnn

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Thought you would enjoy some photos of a boy and his Buckeye. This is Jahdan and Buck! Your guess as to which is which!