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

[BullChick]

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There are times.

 

[Chaos18]

There are times.

Can you count them on one hand or does Duckling need to help?

 

[Chaos18]

I grabbed the egg out real quick and got the air cell section off pretty easy. It seems like the chick could just slide out. I put it back in, it's still moving and chirping.

 

[BullChick]

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One hand. But you don't know how many fingers I have!

 

[BullChick]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Since you seem to be the answer man tonight, I've got one for you: how long does it generally take for a new rooster's genetics to replace those of the outgoing rooster in terms of egg coloring? My BCM rooster has only been with the hens about a week, but I got an egg today that seems to be a good bit darker than what I've gotten in the past. A couple of the girls lay eggs darker than the others, but this one today seems darker yet. I didn't expect to see a difference quite this soon.
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I am sure this will be gone into as I read but I want to add, Kristin is correct about the daughters eggs being the changed eggs.

Also hens DO have seasonal coloring changes and sometimes even white-egg-layers can lay a slightly brown or tinted egg after a long period of non-laying because of a build-up of the brown pigment, protoporphyrin which is derived from hemoglobin or blood, within their reproductive tract.

 

[daxigait]

Alright I guess it's time to go glue the nose back to the bator window...

good hatching go chickies!

 

[Chaos18]

One hand. But you don't know how many fingers I have!

Are we talking right or left hand?

 

[Chaos18]

 

[daxigait]

I grabbed the egg out real quick and got the air cell section off pretty easy. It seems like the chick could just slide out. I put it back in, it's still moving and chirping.

great