Dixie Chicks

[Amberjem]

There will be NO chicken surgery !!!!
... on live chickens

I already decided getting bresse and doing the whole capon process was more surgically involved then I want to be.. and seriously ? dropping a big ole NO like that on me hasnt worked too well for you in the past think it's gonna work now? you need more coffee

 

[Ravynscroft]

  that makes sense.. ok so what would you get colorwise if you crossed green with blue gene? is it like if you wanna get an olive egger?

Chances are too high that the eggs will come out with a green tinge. There is only actually 2 base colors for the eggshell, white and blue. The brown layer is actually just a coating over the eggs. Green is produced by a very slight brown coating over blue as opposed to a thicker coat of brown over blue which makes olive. Make sense? Think I have a chart for you, I gotta look.

 

[vehve]

Caponizing is something I don't accept. I'm not a fan of untrained people doing unnecessary surgery without anesthesia. That is my view on the matter, and I won't say anything more about it.

 

[Ravynscroft]

@Amberjem sorry its fuzzy, but should give you the idea...

 

[hennible]

Sorry I skipped everything to whine that people don't want to eat fertile eggs!!! And ask if having rooster has anything to do with the blood spots? I'm pretty sure it doesn't.... But is there anything I can do to reduce these blood spots?

 

[Sharps Big 50]

I already decided getting bresse and doing the whole capon process was more surgically involved then I want to be.. and seriously ? dropping a big ole NO like that on me hasnt worked too well for you in the past think it's gonna work now? you need more coffee

True, what was I thinking?
You either simply ignore me or want to prove me wrong.

 

[vehve]

Hmm, can they be seen candling? You could candle eggs going to fussy people. I don't know what causes the blood spots though, I haven't found a single one in our eggs, and at the moment one roo is covering two hens, so I'd say they're fertile. I want to integrate the chicks soon so that Töyhtis and Virpi will get their share of the attention too.

 

[Alaskan]

Sorry I skipped everything to whine that people don't want to eat fertile eggs!!! And ask if having rooster has anything to do with the blood spots? I'm pretty sure it doesn't.... But is there anything I can do to reduce these blood spots?

having a rooster has nothing to do with blood spots.... but I have no idea how to reduce them.

You could always 'grade' your eggs... if they aren't too dark.... candle them and you will see any big spots.

 

[Amberjem]

Caponizing is something I don't accept. I'm not a fan of untrained people doing unnecessary surgery without anesthesia. That is my view on the matter, and I won't say anything more about it.

thats about my take on it when I looked into the process as well.. I wasnt sure what it involved so looked it up...nope wasnt a place I felt comfy doing..thought it might have been a less invasive process before I researched it more.

@Amberjem sorry its fuzzy, but should give you the idea...

yes seen that before I didnt know about the base white n blue and the other colors layering exactly...thank you for explaining it better for me to process what about the pink eggs? is that another gene or layering or?

 

[Ravynscroft]

Sorry I skipped everything to whine that people don't want to eat fertile eggs!!! And ask if having rooster has anything to do with the blood spots? I'm pretty sure it doesn't.... But is there anything I can do to reduce these blood spots?

People are so silly, lol. Bloodspots can happen in any egg, it comes from the hen as she is forming the egg. Commercial industries cull those eggs before the get to the shelves. The only think I can suggest is try candling them? You may or may not be able to see an abnormal 'dark spot'. If you have a hen that you know lays them consistently, just leave her eggs out.