Those rainbow spitz mixes are beautiful.
I'm so sorry about the loss. Even when it's not a favorite hen, it still hurts. If your incubator is full, I'll gladly help hatch more spitzes for you. I've got 4 hatches planned to start April 9th (egg set date) with plenty of space. I think I could fit up to 120 eggs!
What I won't have is the brooder space if all the eggs hatch.My plan is to set 10-15 eggs in each location. One school has a plan for their chicks & the others return here. That's why I need to be careful, estimate the hatch rate, & limit myself on the number I set. (I also have a few back up foster homes if more chicks hatch than expected.)
It's so very, very hard when you have empty incubator space tempting you & a lot of eggs....... Yet I love DH & a happy marriage more.
I haven't fired up the inky yet. I was going to make sure that the ones I gave you yesterday started to develop. No reason why they shouldn't since I've seen Jake doing his job, but just wanted to give it one more week. That would also give me a little later hatch date that would be more on par with the ccl we want. They should integrate nicely together. The big inky is going to be for DS science experiment with hatch rate and collection time. Going to use the orps for that one. Should get some nice blacks, lavs, blues, and maybe, just maybe a silver laced.
I plan on trying to get you 4 spitz eggs for each inky at the schools. Might be only 3 each with the loss of the hen. Only two laying right now since broody mama is busy with babies. Will try to get it up to you on the 7th.
