February 2017 Hatch-a-long

[eldonrgv]

10 went to lockdown

9 hatched already and last one working his way out, 100% hatch rate looks like.

 

[eldonrgv]

HEY EVERYONE, look who decided to join us afterall!!!! Welcome home little buddy. Number 10 hatched. 100% hatch rate again.

 

[orrpeople]

I'm on day 20 on my first hatch and I hear peeping. How long does it usually take for the chicks to crack the egg? Do I need to be concerned if I don't any cracking on the shell but hear the chicks?

All pretty normal - they make internal pips first, then external. And external ones seem like they take forever before they do anything else!! That's where I am right now. Three pips. Otherwise it's all pretty quiet in there!

 

[orrpeople]

HEY EVERYONE, look who decided to join us afterall!!!! Welcome home little buddy. Number 10 hatched. 100% hatch rate again.

e SO GREAT!!!

 

[HenLeia]

All pretty normal - they make internal pips first, then external. And external ones seem like they take forever before they do anything else!! That's where I am right now. Three pips. Otherwise it's all pretty quiet in there!

Thank you! Our whole family is on pins and needles, can't wait for that first chick!

 

[WVduckchick]

Congrats eldon! Awesome hatch!!

I have a pip in a Serama egg.

 

[HenLeia]

HEY EVERYONE, look who decided to join us afterall!!!! Welcome home little buddy. Number 10 hatched. 100% hatch rate again.

Congratulations! Pretty chicks, what kind are they?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

I was expecting all blues! The colors I got are weird. I even got two different color chicks from the Marans x RIR pairing. I'm wondering if the colors are sex linked.

These are Marans x Marans.

The two on the left are RIR, the other is BR. All Marans crosses.

 

[WVduckchick]

I was expecting all blues! The colors I got are weird. I even got two different color chicks from the Marans x RIR pairing. I'm wondering if the colors are sex linked.

These are Marans x Marans.

The two on the left are RIR, the other is BR. All Marans crosses.

Maybe ask on the Color Genetics thread or the one for mixes.

Cute chicks though!

 

[orrpeople]

I was expecting all blues! The colors I got are weird. I even got two different color chicks from the Marans x RIR pairing. I'm wondering if the colors are sex linked.

These are Marans x Marans.

The two on the left are RIR, the other is BR. All Marans crosses.

When this happened to me, a Marans breeder told me that I was finding out the hard way that my BCM had wheaten genetics. Here's our RIR/BCM cross on the left.

BCM should always breed black (because it is dominant) unless it carries a recessive gene for brown.