Oh Shantih (and Mario), I have a question for you.
With the coturnix, I know they have a blue shell, with an overlay of color which causes the spots. Once in awhile I get a solid blue egg with no spot overlay. It's always cool and I like them.
However, last night I got something different. I'm guessing the spot overlay is solid. I'm debating between incubating and just letting it dry out to add to my odd egg collection. But I got a SOLID black egg.
My question, you ever get one like this? (bobwhite on the left)
Oh Shantih (and Mario), I have a question for you.
With the coturnix, I know they have a blue shell, with an overlay of color which causes the spots. Once in awhile I get a solid blue egg with no spot overlay. It's always cool and I like them.
However, last night I got something different. I'm guessing the spot overlay is solid. I'm debating between incubating and just letting it dry out to add to my odd egg collection. But I got a SOLID black egg.
My question, you ever get one like this? (bobwhite on the left)
Oh Shantih (and Mario), I have a question for you.
With the coturnix, I know they have a blue shell, with an overlay of color which causes the spots. Once in awhile I get a solid blue egg with no spot overlay. It's always cool and I like them.
However, last night I got something different. I'm guessing the spot overlay is solid. I'm debating between incubating and just letting it dry out to add to my odd egg collection. But I got a SOLID black egg.
My question, you ever get one like this? (bobwhite on the left)
Alright Chickee, you have me intrigued. I have a couple of Wheaton EE (Ameraucana?) that have slightly different color variations. What color would you call these gals? And yes, those are really their names.
the first one that went missing, along with its two injured siblings, I'm pretty sure were all attacked by Eleanor (or perhaps even one of the other big girls?) -- they were small enough to wiggle through the wire mesh of Speedy's enclosure, and then were found out in the run with no mama to protect them, & everyone's been pretty ruthless with lone chicks.
for the bresse and icelandic/showgirl, they just always seemed weak, right from the hatch -- the cross spent all its time cheeping loudly if it wasn't directly underneath its mama, and the bresse's favorite thing to do was bask in the sun and close it's eyes... if i'd been raising them at a constant temperature & controlled conditions in a brooder, they might have been fine, but their mama has been pretty actively taking them all around & showing them how to forage, and I think they just weren't cut out for it.
but the remaining chicks are all doing great -- i took some more photos today, trying to document their growth:
the three araucanas, trying to stay out of the way of mom's feet
pecking around in the sunshine -- the one in the back has slightly smaller/slower-growing wing feathers, and is a bit smaller/quieter than the other two, but they're all quite active
Daisy with two of her chicks, the CLs i got from Deann
little girl CL, looking very proud of herself
little boy CL is very fond of sitting on Daisy's back
three of the four isbars & isbar/marans crosses, not sure who is who!
an icebar & CL, contemplating the ramp out of the henhouse (none of them have tried it yet)
