Incubators Anonymous

[ozexpat]

the womens eggs have to mature your right i did say that incorrecty but males have semon that is ready to go since birth or thats what i was told when a 3 month old kitten knocked up a 2 yr old cat only male i had at the time . non of my cats are allowed out side so i really was blown away 

Yikes

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Ok.... I am having an issue.. I set about 32 eggs 10 days ago. I just candled and I can't see anything going on in there!!!

These eggs are from a group of hens and a roo that I have been hatching since March. The roo is 11 months old
and has been fertile all this time. Now suddenly out of nowhere i have a fetility issue???

there were 20 Black copper Marans eggs and a dozen super blue egg layer eggs, the roo is a black copper marans
big and burly and very healthy looking. It seemed to start with the SBEL's I tried a batch earlier and all were infertile
but i chalked it up to a) them being young pullets and b) that he might not have been able to catch them because they
were lighter birds... but now the infertility seems to have spread to the black coppers as well ?

I live in south florida and things have been fine all during the heat of summer.....

I am stumped as to a reason for it.. I mean he is only 11 months, so not by any means old. I also noticed that i have
not seen him mating the hens so much lately either. No physical disability has developed it's just plain weird...

anyone have any experience with this ??

maybe they are molting or something stressed the rooster out?

I have come to the conclusion my incubator does not turn off. LOL

i did not know they ever turned off.

I have been lamenting that I might not get eggs until spring. I have been so busy getting ready for my daughters visit that I didn't even check the last 4 or 5 days. But this evening I heard one of the girls singing the egg song so I went and looked and this is what I found.



I am so thrilled! Look at the size of these pullet eggs! These guys came from Bev Mellili in Portland TN.

nice what cross is this? pretty eggs

 

[Runawaylobster]

maybe they are molting or something stressed the rooster out?

turns out he was about to go through a really hard moult, he still looks like a shrimp of his former self, but hope he hurries up and gets back to speed, i dont like the chicks im getting from his backup...

 

[gimmie birdies]

this is my latest bator, I made one this summer and hatched out 45 chicks in it. not all at once.

these are my last 2, I just placed 2 eggs in the bator and out they come.

 

[Tammy N]

this is my latest bator, I made one this summer and hatched out 45 chicks in it. not all at once.

these are my last 2, I just placed 2 eggs in the bator and out they come.

OMGosh your bator had chicks can you imagine ? LOL love the photos thanks they are adorible

 

[gimmie birdies]

thanks! I have 9 mystery bantam/reg chicken eggs from a nearby farm and one blue/or splash egg. due before x-mas.

 

[Penny Hen]

I have been lamenting that I might not get eggs until spring. I have been so busy getting ready for my daughters visit that I didn't even check the last 4 or 5 days. But this evening I heard one of the girls singing the egg song so I went and looked and this is what I found.



I am so thrilled! Look at the size of these pullet eggs! These guys came from Bev Mellili in Portland TN.

nice what cross is this? pretty eggs



These are Maran/Americana cross. Some people are beginning to call this cross Olivers. These are F1s. I am very pleased with them and may participate with others in standardizing them as a breed. They are good foragers, alert but tame enough to handle easily and have smarts too.





This is my main roo, Long John Silver. Actually I believe he is a Lemon or Cream instead of a Silver because his hackles grew with a light yellow cast. But he had already been named and I wasn't going to change it. I need to catch the pullets, Cinder, Raven and Chicken Little and the second roo, Rufus and get post molt pics of them too. Long John wasn't too sure of this picture taking thing at first until he realized he was the star and then he began posing for me.

 

[ki4got]

Quote: what were the parents? he looks like a normal red split to silver (except for the speckling on the breast).

standardizing a variety would involve using compatible color varieties at the very least, IMO otherwise the colors will be all over the place.

 

[dutchbunny83]

Pretty! He's a big bird!

My oldest pullets right now are from my June hatch (23 weeks) and still no eggs for me! Keeping my fingers crossed, we're awful hungry

 

[DMRippy]

I have been lamenting that I might not get eggs until spring. I have been so busy getting ready for my daughters visit that I didn't even check the last 4 or 5 days. But this evening I heard one of the girls singing the egg song so I went and looked and this is what I found. I am so thrilled! Look at the size of these pullet eggs! These guys came from Bev Mellili in Portland TN.

nice what cross is this? pretty eggs These are Maran/Americana cross. Some people are beginning to call this cross Olivers. These are F1s. I am very pleased with them and may participate with others in standardizing them as a breed. They are good foragers, alert but tame enough to handle easily and have smarts too. This is my main roo, Long John Silver. Actually I believe he is a Lemon or Cream instead of a Silver because his hackles grew with a light yellow cast. But he had already been named and I wasn't going to change it. I need to catch the pullets, Cinder, Raven and Chicken Little and the second roo, Rufus and get post molt pics of them too. Long John wasn't too sure of this picture taking thing at first until he realized he was the star and then he began posing for me.

what were the parents? he looks like a normal red split to silver (except for the speckling on the breast). standardizing a variety would involve using compatible color varieties at the very least, IMO otherwise the colors will be all over the place.

I was going to go down that path but getting egg color set to breed true is way too involved. I gave that idea up. I doubt they would ever be a BREED really but I guess there could be with lots and lots of work. Everyone wants a different look in their olive eggers.....me I would just want nice olive eggs like yours!