Experimental & other Hatch-a-long

[Cloverr39]

The store bought eggs in the incubator were all unfertilized. I have 9 developing eggs left in there. 8 mutts/mixes from my relatives and 1 bantam brahma mix.

 

[GreenJay]

Congrats on the new blue chick!
Hopefully the rest will hatch in the incubator and then Chrissy can adopt them too

 

[Cloverr39]

Congrats on the new blue chick!
Hopefully the rest will hatch in the incubator and then Chrissy can adopt them too

Thanks.
That's the plan! I'm just not sure whether I should keep Chrissy and her new chicks separate from Oakley or put her back in Oakley's side of the coop. But they'd probably still try to steal each other's chicks.

 

[Cloverr39]

Took a picture of Oakley's babies today. I think the mystery chick is going to be lavender. The white one almost looks dominant white. The feathers have a brownish off white color with flecks of black. That's odd considering the pen it's egg was collected from has no dominant white birds in it.

 

[Torisgloomyplace]

Oh wow. How cute. It looks like some of them are going to have very big crests

 

[Cloverr39]

Oh wow. How cute. It looks like some of them are going to have very big crests

Yeah, those are probably the silkies you're talking about. No doubt they'll be beautiful chickens.


One of Chrissy's chicks hatched in the incubator and a few more have pipped.

 

[Torisgloomyplace]

Yeah, those are probably the silkies you're talking about. No doubt they'll be beautiful chickens.


One of Chrissy's chicks hatched in the incubator and a few more have pipped.

Yeah
Aw goooood. May the others follow along soon.

 

[Cloverr39]

7/8 of Chrissy's eggs hatched. 2 black, 3 blue, 1 of the frizzles, and a cuckoo or blue cuckoo male. Not sure why so many blue silkies all of the sudden. I was under the impression I only had one blue hen and she couldn't have layed all the eggs, but maybe my dominant white which I suspect is a daughter of the blue hen is hiding some blue. Who knows. It's a little strange cause in my first hatch I only got black and paint. That was before I added the blue hen in the pen.
I also have a slight suspicion the white chick from Oakley's eggs may be a frizzle.

 

[Slothinc]

You have so many fun babies hatching!! Love it! I’m so glad Chrissy’s eggs hatched even after her being off the nest. I’ll watch for more updates!

 

[Cloverr39]

I'll be honest I had completely forgotten Smokey was sitting on eggs. Which is why I was surprised to see chicks in the nest this morning. All but one have hatched and the last has pipped.
Now unfortunately more than half (silkies) have single combs. At this point I'm not sure if it's easier to restart my silkie flock or to try to breed it out. That's not a decision to make today, but I'm still a bit upset about how many chicks will have to be culled. There have been more toe faults this year as well. I'm not sure what's at fault there, as all parents have nice toes. If I end up continuing the flock, I'll only have a handful of keepable chicks this year.
The incubator eggs are in lockdown, due to hatch tomorrow.
Also we lost one of Chrissy's frizzle chicks to a dog.