INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Chaos18]

'cause i'm smarter than you

Well there is that.

 

[BantyChooks]

Yayyyy!!
are you able to tell sex??

CCL and wellie are probably girls, cuckoo is a boy, and sapphire no idea.
-Banti

 

[NaJoBeLe]

normalcy is overrated

i wouldnt slap you, youre expecting lol

i am not, my internet is dumb

ehhh at least I'm not the only one with internet issues right now.

 

[Chaos18]

Hi all! I am out of the loop since I've been working on the coop!

I've had a really miserable hatch and I thought I might rant a bit here... Got 2 dozen eggs shipped beautifully - not a single egg broken, all FBCM.

Of those, I have 4 live chicks, 2 that died during the hatch, 3 that died in the egg after lockdown, and of the rest about 12 didn't develop at all, and the rest seem to have gotten to day 7, but I didn't notice any veining.

The dozen that did not develop were extremely porous, and I was thinking that the hens might not have had enough calcium, but the 3 that died after lockdown had extremely hard shells, so that may have been the problem for them.

I wish that my little Bielefelder roo would mature quickly! He is 14.5 weeks old, and my Bielefelder hens are 11 months old.

Any clue when he will be considered mature? He has been crowing for a week!

My crested cream legbar pair are just 9 weeks old, so that will be a long wait. I am really not patient!

When ever your cockerel starts covering the hens you should start getting fertile eggs short thereafter if everything went like it was supposed to.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Well there is that.

there sure is
lol

CCL and wellie are probably girls, cuckoo is a boy, and sapphire no idea.
-Banti

at least you got some females

ehhh at least I'm not the only one with internet issues right now.

1/2 of my office is on the fritz right now

 

[DwayneNLiz]

When ever your cockerel starts covering the hens you should start getting fertile eggs short thereafter if everything went like it was supposed to.

you know thats not what they meant you dodo

 

[Chaos18]

you know thats not what they meant you dodo

Varies by chicken.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Varies by chicken.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Varies by chicken.

My thoughts exactly. I have some 4 month old roos trying to get frisky, ladies aren't interested yet though. Not experienced with the specific breed so not sure.

 

[Chaos18]

My thoughts exactly. I have some 4 month old roos trying to get frisky, ladies aren't interested yet though. Not experienced with the specific breed so not sure.

Yup. My Rhodebar Cockerel is a little over a year old now and has been with the big girls for about 6 weeks and only recently started putting the moves on them.