Buckeye Breed Thread

[Arielle]

jenjscott wrote:

Nope, it is the female that determines the sex. Its real easy. just reverse everything you know about sex chromosomes and you'll understand. The rooster has the xx and the hen has the xy. So the rooster can only contribute the x. The hen can contribute an x or a y, so she determines the sex.

I am so darn curious about this that I kept searching for more info. Found an esoteric (technically boring) read on PubMed.gov explaining the avian sex genetics. ZW and ZZ instead of the XX and XY system. This is so opposite mammalian genetics. Jenjscott, you are absolutely right!

 

[AuroraSprings]

Question to all:

These are just a random selection of a dozen eggs from my hens. The weights are listed below the photo.

Top Row (from left to right):
1.8 oz, 1.8 oz, 1.6oz, 1.8oz, 2.3oz, 1.9 oz

Bottom Row (left to right):
1.8 oz, 1.8 oz, 2.3 oz., 1.8 oz. 2.3oz. 2.1 oz

Range of 1.6oz-2.3oz with an average of: 1.95oz



Would you say these are typical/healthy/usual Buckeye eggs? Would this be an acceptable/saleable batch of eggs? Would they be of reasonable size to incubate?

Any advice or tips are welcome.

 

[jenjscott]

Just for grins i grabbed the last 8 eggs I collected. the weights were as follows.

1.6 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 So yours are probably fine, I would check one of the 2.3 oz just to make sure its not a double, probably just big eggs.

 

[vmdanielsen]

I noticed that some of the eggs are more cylindrical. My buckeyes will lay eggs shaped like that. Does that matter for hatching, or should I avoid those eggs when I start collecting for hatching?

 

[vmdanielsen]

sorry i messed up

 

[Arielle]

VMD Danielsen wrote

I noticed that some of the eggs are more cylindrical. My buckeyes will lay eggs shaped like that. Does that matter for hatching, or should I avoid those eggs when I start collecting for hatching?

I would like to know , too. Does a developing chick do better in a more typical egg shape?​

 

[jenjscott]

I've never had any problem with odd shaped eggs. I've never had any really weird, but some straight, some that were hard to tell the ends apart, some almost round, some really pointy on one end.

 

[vmdanielsen]

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OK then, I will set the longer pointier, eggs also! thanks

 

[AuroraSprings]

Has anyone attempted to sell these as eating eggs at farmer's markets or to grocers or restaurants? Do you ever get complaints about the shape or size?

 

[Buckeyes-R-Us]

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AuroraSprings,

Yes, I sell Buckeye eating eggs here in SW Ohio and actually have a few restaurant buyers as well. When selling to the "consumer" market one must take a little extra time to sort the eggs by size and color. When you do this customer comments are typically not of the negative nature!