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

[mlm Mike]

Morning earthlings

Hi Chaos! Anymore of the bantam EE hatch?

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Hi Whites!

morning

Hello SilverHair!

 

[mlm Mike]

Good morning everyone!

 

[Chaos18]

Hi Chaos! Anymore of the bantam EE hatch?

     Hi Whites!

Hello SilverHair!

Morning Mike. Had two more hatch. Nothing yet from the other 2 viable eggs.

 

[Elemes]

Good morning!!! I have a pullet who crowed so all is just peachy here!!

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Nice! So there is still hope for the remaining two?

Good morning!!! I have a pullet who crowed so all is just peachy here!!

Hello! How loud was the crow?

 

[BantyChooks]

Good heavens no, I am your leader

Sally might object to that

 

[Chaos18]

Nice! So there is still hope for the remaining two?

Hello! How loud was the crow?

Theoretically theirs still hope although I doubt they will do anything.

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Three is a good number to have.

 

[kwhites634]

From what I was told on this thread many moons ago, the hen determines the egg color. The color will only change when the rooster is bred back to his daughters.

Comes from both. For a dark egg, you definitely want to use a rooster that came out of the darkest egg and breed him to the hens laying the darkest eggs. He will impart many of his genetics to daughters.
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Sealant! Huh!
I wonder if it would be feasible, or recommended, to concrete the floor of a run if the birds had access to a natural exercise yard to do what chickens do. It sure would make cleaning the run easier; it could be done with a garden hose, like a concrete dog run.

Are you saying that my RSL hens, who have always laid light-to-medium brown eggs, should be laying darker eggs when they're running with a BCM rooster? I haven't found that to be the case. My hens lay the same color eggs they always have.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Good morning.....