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I am on my third set of olandsk for the season and I can't figure them out. I have a small flock and so plan to run staggered hatches all year till I do! Have you had them long and how is your hatch going?!? Not to many have them AND don't have much breeding info. The olandsk thread is usually empty and stalled! I am determined, my husband called it annoyingly stubborn:-0
Any of your findings would be welcome
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Out of all my breeds, they are one of my favorites AND they cause me the most amount of hair pulling. I don't know if it is because we started with a very small gene pool in the US or what, but I've found they can be difficult to get hatched. I've had great hatches from them and then also zero hatches, both under broodies and in the incubators. It is frustrating, especially because the fertility is very high and the eggs usually develop well into the 2nd week.
My original birds came from Dyann/Chooklet here on BYC a few years ago. I believe she got hers from Greenfire Farms. They are adorable little birds, but I think we have to be tenacious or "annoyingly stubborn"
in order to keep this breed growing. I am still mostly concentrating on vigor & health in my small flock vs working towards a standard. I will also be hatching every egg that's laid. We will have to keep comparing notes.
I am on my third set of olandsk for the season and I can't figure them out. I have a small flock and so plan to run staggered hatches all year till I do! Have you had them long and how is your hatch going?!? Not to many have them AND don't have much breeding info. The olandsk thread is usually empty and stalled! I am determined, my husband called it annoyingly stubborn:-0
Any of your findings would be welcome
[/quote]Out of all my breeds, they are one of my favorites AND they cause me the most amount of hair pulling. I don't know if it is because we started with a very small gene pool in the US or what, but I've found they can be difficult to get hatched. I've had great hatches from them and then also zero hatches, both under broodies and in the incubators. It is frustrating, especially because the fertility is very high and the eggs usually develop well into the 2nd week.
My original birds came from Dyann/Chooklet here on BYC a few years ago. I believe she got hers from Greenfire Farms. They are adorable little birds, but I think we have to be tenacious or "annoyingly stubborn"
in order to keep this breed growing. I am still mostly concentrating on vigor & health in my small flock vs working towards a standard. I will also be hatching every egg that's laid. We will have to keep comparing notes.
