Cochin Thread!!!

[fowlsessed]

thanks, Ki4got.

 

[tiki244]

For checkin if egg is fertile you can also incubate it and then candle after a few days. It wouldn't be possitively that it wasn't fertile if it was blank(because it could be a quiter by some off chance), but if it is developing you know it is fertile.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Yes, she's broody. Only way to know if the egg is fertilized for sure is to crack it open and look for the bullseye in the yolk.

Actually it is easiest to candle them, that way you can still keep the un-fertilized ones if you want to. It is a very sure method, and there are lots of articles about it here.

 

[ki4got]

Actually it is easiest to candle them, that way you can still keep the un-fertilized ones. It is a very sure method, and there are lots of articles about it here.

un-incubated eggs won't show any difference between fertile and infertile. so you'd have to incubate the eggs at least 3 days to be able to see any signs of development, sometimes as much as 5. and personally, i don't think i'd want to put a clear egg that's been in the incubator for 3 days in the fridge. at least that's what i think you're implying...

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

un-incubated eggs won't show any difference between fertile and infertile. so you'd have to incubate the eggs at least 3 days to be able to see any signs of development, sometimes as much as 5. and personally, i don't think i'd want to put a clear egg that's been in the incubator for 3 days in the fridge. at least that's what i think you're implying...

I'm, personally, not trying to incubate the eggs then taking back the unfertilized ones to eat, I was just saying that candling is a better method, and less wasteful method, compared to cracking open all of your eggs. I have hens trying to hatch eggs, and I take their eggs away twice a day, and they are safe to eat because they never had any time to incubate.

But, if the embryo does not show signs of development until it is incubated for at least three days, if eggs are gathered everyday, then it won't be a problem anyway. An infertile egg that has been in an incubator for three days is basically just an egg that was never put in the fridge. There will be no chick development in there because it was never going to grow in the first place. I wouldn't eat it though if I knew that it was fertile. I wouldn't incubate an egg to see if it was fertile or not because if the eggs are never incubated, then there will be no growth at all, so really it doesn't matter if they look the same because the fertilized one wouldn't have had a chance to develop in the first place.

I know that some people are grossed out by my hen's eggs because they might be fertilized. I try to explain to them that because the hen either leaves the nest, or I collect her eggs twice daily, the eggs never developed and are therefore, the same as any egg. I think they are exactly the same taste wise and am not grossed out by them at all. To each, his own.

 

[luvchicks8]

Is this a silver laced pullet or roo???

 

[localcommotion42]

Is this a silver laced pullet or roo???

My guess, PULLET

 

[luvchicks8]

Oh thank goodness, as you can see in the background there is a lakenvelder roo and a black cochin roo, so this was my only shot at a girl from that hatch

. Now at 3 roos, and not sure of the 4 frizzle babies if any of those are roos probally 3 out of 4 with my hatches lately.

 

[ki4got]

Is this a silver laced pullet or roo???

i'm thinking pullet, but easier to tell when the wing is closed... here's my pair i had at (i'm guessing) about the same age...
not a great pic, but you can see the obvious difference as they feather in. the roo is above the hen.

 

[luvchicks8]

i'm thinking pullet, but easier to tell when the wing is closed... here's my pair i had at (i'm guessing) about the same age...
not a great pic, but you can see the obvious difference as they feather in. the roo is above the hen.

Ok so the chick on the right is the same chick 3 weeks ago.