Mahonri's 2nd Annual NYDHatch, watching them grow...

[kathyinmo]

I'll show YOU feathered shanks! Yours is pitiful! Wait til you see mine!

 

[Mahonri]

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Did you delete any of your sent PMs?

 

[kathyinmo]

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Well, you could buy a Platinum Membership with unlimited space, ya know!

THIS is feathered shanks!

 

[Mahonri]

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Aloha chickens are a breed being developed right here in AZ with Laree as one of the principles involved in picking chickens and mating them. It will probably take a few years to get them where they want them, but they are really coming along.

I had the opportunity to add to the project by selling a Speckled Sussex to Laree (that I hatched from bargains eggs)
Olivia was beautiful before her molt but now she is SPECTACULAR and is adding some beautiful color to the project.

As for candling... If I knew how to make pics work in the dark I would demonstrate. Keep on candling... with time it will all make sense.

 

[Mahonri]

Have their been cochins fraternizing with the ICELANDICS?!

 

[kathyinmo]

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Isi's shanks .....

YAY! ! ! I got feathered shanks!

 

[CorgiHouse]

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Aloha chickens are a breed being developed right here in AZ with Laree as one of the principles involved in picking chickens and mating them. It will probably take a few years to get them where they want them, but they are really coming along.

I had the opportunity to add to the project by selling a Speckled Sussex to Laree (that I hatched from bargains eggs)
Olivia was beautiful before her molt but now she is SPECTACULAR and is adding some beautiful color to the project.

As for candling... If I knew how to make pics work in the dark I would demonstrate. Keep on candling... with time it will all make sense.

The Aloha chickens sound like a fun project! Is there a thread or info about the project and/or the chickens somewhere? I'd love to learn more about them.

Regarding the candling......I have looked at lots of pics of candled eggs at all different stages, so I know what they should look like. But I just don't seem to get the same results when I try candling my own. I will continue to practice though, and maybe one day I'll be confident and know what I'm looking at like you all are.

 

[Mahonri]

When Laree comes back on here tomorrow she'll lead you to the Aloha thread.

Here is some info.
Aloha chickens

 

[kathyinmo]

Here is the thread on Aloha chickens ....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=259853&p=1

 

[kathyinmo]

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I rarely candle until lockdown. I don't see as well as others do, I guess. If I see anything at all ..... meaning not a clear egg, I leave it in. Well, I take out obvious blood rings, too. I am one of the few I suppose, but I really don't like candling. Too much can happen .... drop an egg, bacteria transference from hands onto eggs, etc ....