I have hatched a bunch of different breeds over the last year. The ONLY breed I have struggled to hatch have been Deathlayers. Hence the Deathatcher name I’ve given them. But... I separated an older pullet and an older cockerel, maybe 10 months old, into a breeding run. She laid about every other day for a few weeks, then I started collecting the eggs for hatching.
The cockerel does his job, no doubt about it. Every time I go out there they’re doing their thing. Anywho, the eggs had about 80% fertility from the two birds. I put 6 in the incubator and 2 made it to hatch today. The others died mid incubation.
Are their colors off? When my silvers hatched they were a darker brown. Has anyone else hatched Silver Deathlayers and had lighter colored chicks? Somewhere I just read the lighter ones are female. Can’t be correct, as my older pullet was darker brown like the cockerels. Stumped.
The two in the nursery bin.
The cockerel does his job, no doubt about it. Every time I go out there they’re doing their thing. Anywho, the eggs had about 80% fertility from the two birds. I put 6 in the incubator and 2 made it to hatch today. The others died mid incubation.
Are their colors off? When my silvers hatched they were a darker brown. Has anyone else hatched Silver Deathlayers and had lighter colored chicks? Somewhere I just read the lighter ones are female. Can’t be correct, as my older pullet was darker brown like the cockerels. Stumped.
The two in the nursery bin.
