June Hatch-A-Long

My summer 2020 basket is better than my 2019 basket and I still have two BCMs from the darkest eggs I’ve had to come on line soon! Yay!!!!

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Purdy basket!!
I miss my Welsummers and Marans.

Speaking of eggs...
If I cross an Ameraucana hen(Hoover Hatchery) who lays brighter blue eggs with an Australorp Roo, what might be my percentages of the possible egg color outcomes?

I have no history on the Ameraucana but she and her sisters were/are grey under feathers with rusty or red tips on the neck and some of the body.
If the hen has 2 blue genes I should get some sort of olive egg, right? But if she has one white and one blue, I could get brown or green eggs?
 
Just candled my Orpington eggs it’s day 4 1/2 technically. They’ve just been sitting and chilling in the incubator without any disturbances. Candled a few of the eggs and I found this one with a red ring near the top it only goes about halfway around the egg. Is this a blood ring ? Should I let it sit for a few more days or is it really a goner at this point? Haven’t come across an egg that looks like this yet in my limited experience.🤔
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Just candled my Orpington eggs it’s day 4 1/2 technically. They’ve just been sitting and chilling in the incubator without any disturbances. Candled a few of the eggs and I found this one with a red ring near the top it only goes about halfway around the egg. Is this a blood ring ? Should I let it sit for a few more days or is it really a goner at this point? Haven’t come across an egg that looks like this yet in my limited experience.🤔View attachment 2189906

It's probably a blood ring but anytime I'm unsure I put a question mark on the egg and check back in a few days.
 

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