Ok, so I have had a dilemma. I promised my incubators to HappyChooks so she can separate some of the waaaaaay too many eggs she has in her bator at time of hatch. She wants to separate the hatchlings by breeder. Sounds fine right? I won't need the bators anyway because I don't want any more Icelandics at this point with 42 birds, mostly young ones, plus 12 babies, and 14 eggs on lockdown.
Then a few days later I realize I have mistakenly identified my blue Ameraucana as a hen and he is really a roo. Then I crack one of the blue eggs and realize it is fertile! OMG, those will be a cross of blue roo over wheaten hen. The next day my Welsummer lays her first egg. Then I see the blue Ameraucana roo mate with her. OMG, their offspring will be olive eggers! So I con Kelly into setting three blue eggs from the fridge, two fresh blue ones, and two Wellsummer eggs for me in her bator. Probably won't hatch but I have to try.
In the meantime the girls have kept on laying and I have been keeping the eggs on the counter in a basket. I just couldn't bring myself to refrigerate them, I want to incubate them! But a promise is a promise and I don't really want to incubate again anyway. So, I mull auctioning the eggs as "test eggs." But they may not even be fertile! But, just look at how gorgeous they are.
So I resign myself that these eggs will suffer the fate of so many that came before them, an egg-in-a-hole for DH's breakfast. A tragic waste.
Tonight, without hope for my eggs I go down to the Icelandic coop to lock it for the night. I open the door and see this, the beautiful sight of Lukka's rear end sticking out the backside of my roll out nest box. I suddenly realize she was there every time I visited the coop today. OMG, she's broody! Guess who's getting six Ameraucana and six olive eggers under her tomorrow? I may even take the plastic nest pad out and give that girl some straw!
