Incubators Anonymous

[DMRippy]

I have a batch of chicks hatching..... First mistake.... don't put BLRW in with Rhodebars LOL.... good thing I can tell them apart by combs if nothing else. I hatched some Olive Eggers and WL in the same basket.... but they are all WHITE WTH? Lav roo over Marans...... I am thinking the Lav roo is carrying DOM white and not recessive white..... could that be? he is Lav what would express on him?

I get whites no matter what I cross him with... just not many.

NOW for the real head scratcher the silkies. I have White, Buff, Partridge Silkie Roos over Partridge, Gray(I think) pullets. I think I got 2 CHOC? I hatched a choc wyandotte with them and they look the same!!!! I got a black, a gray or blue and 2 partridge and 1 that look like a paint. I did get some paint eggs and have no idea if any hatched but my white roo could have been from the paint pen. I am still reeling from that basket....I was going to sell them too LOL... Guess I will be keeping them now

I think I will not RUSH breaking that pen up and see what I get for a bit. I am thinking a roo is a choc split...... or what else would make a brown chick????

 

[ozexpat]

I have a batch of chicks hatching..... First mistake.... don't put BLRW in with Rhodebars LOL.... good thing I can tell them apart by combs if nothing else. I hatched some Olive Eggers and WL in the same basket.... but they are all WHITE WTH? Lav roo over Marans...... I am thinking the Lav roo is carrying DOM white and not recessive white..... could that be? he is Lav what would express on him?

I get whites no matter what I cross him with... just not many.

NOW for the real head scratcher the silkies. I have White, Buff, Partridge Silkie Roos over Partridge, Gray(I think) pullets. I think I got 2 CHOC? I hatched a choc wyandotte with them and they look the same!!!! I got a black, a gray or blue and 2 partridge and 1 that look like a paint. I did get some paint eggs and have no idea if any hatched but my white roo could have been from the paint pen. I am still reeling from that basket....I was going to sell them too LOL... Guess I will be keeping them now

I think I will not RUSH breaking that pen up and see what I get for a bit. I am thinking a roo is a choc split...... or what else would make a brown chick????

you had my head spinning with white.

genetics will have to be one of those things i master when i retire

 

[Cluckincanadian]

my eggs are now at day 21. haven't seen any action yet. hoping fir tomorrow, how long should I wait before I throw them out

 

[ki4got]

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can't say for your area... humidity in the room averages about 40% this time of year, the incubators read 10 (but go up to 40 if I leave it out of the bator)... I've never had an egg dry out too fast or too much, but again, in sw Virginia that's not likely to be a problem.

any time I've seen people incubating 40-50% I've usually seen many DIS chicks...

 

[ozexpat]

my eggs are now at day 21. haven't seen any action yet. hoping fir tomorrow, how long should I wait before I throw them out

tell us more about the hatch

incubator?
temps?
humidity?
still air or fan forced?
type of eggs?

 

[ki4got]

I have a batch of chicks hatching..... First mistake.... don't put BLRW in with Rhodebars LOL.... good thing I can tell them apart by combs if nothing else. I hatched some Olive Eggers and WL in the same basket.... but they are all WHITE WTH? Lav roo over Marans...... I am thinking the Lav roo is carrying DOM white and not recessive white..... could that be? he is Lav what would express on him?

I get whites no matter what I cross him with... just not many.

NOW for the real head scratcher the silkies. I have White, Buff, Partridge Silkie Roos over Partridge, Gray(I think) pullets. I think I got 2 CHOC? I hatched a choc wyandotte with them and they look the same!!!! I got a black, a gray or blue and 2 partridge and 1 that look like a paint. I did get some paint eggs and have no idea if any hatched but my white roo could have been from the paint pen. I am still reeling from that basket....I was going to sell them too LOL... Guess I will be keeping them now

I think I will not RUSH breaking that pen up and see what I get for a bit. I am thinking a roo is a choc split...... or what else would make a brown chick????

partridge (eb) based chicks hatch out a nice golden brown... the b in 'eb' stands for brown chick down color.



the top left and right chicks are mille fleur bantam cochin, (on eb base color)

 

[kmollyhughes]

What's a DIS chick? I thought the 40-50% seemed high, considering you only go up to 65-ish% when hatching. I guess I'll just watch air cells. I'll pull eggs from my own girls on the next couple batches and play a bit. All the eggs in the bator are ordered so fingers crossed. Lol

 

[DMRippy]

my eggs are now at day 21. haven't seen any action yet. hoping fir tomorrow, how long should I wait before I throw them out

Have you candled them? Do you know if they were viable eggs?

 

[ki4got]

What's a DIS chick? I thought the 40-50% seemed high, considering you only go up to 65-ish% when hatching. I guess I'll just watch air cells. I'll pull eggs from my own girls on the next couple batches and play a bit. All the eggs in the bator are ordered so fingers crossed. Lol

dis = dead in shell...

 

[DMRippy]

How about some pics?

These are the 2 choc looking silkies



Here are the 2 choc silkies with a choc Wyandotte



Here is a group shot 2 partridge on each end the Paint looking one on the left a blue, and the 2 choc flank the black to the top



Close up of the choc Silkie for color



This the paint maybe?????




Anybody know silkies??????