Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[Sally PB]

You doing ok? I saw you had some nasty weather down there.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

You doing ok? I saw you had some nasty weather down there.

Doing fine, thanks. Yes, REAL nasty weather, but its mostly glanced us - and since I left most of my trees up, we aren't getting the straight line winds others are. We are still getting plenty, but not 70 mph and 80 mph gusts.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

 

[Sally PB]

Nice looking. Do they further your breeding goals?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Nice looking. Do they further your breeding goals?

the black one in front, no. But its not terrible. The reds in back - maybe. There is reason to be hopeful, we'll see how they fledge out as adults.

 

[SheaLoner]

The blackone looks like it could be interesting when fully fledged. I know you are looking for a certain color/pattern for the adults, but is there a color you want for the chicks as well? Or are you going to incubate and brood so chick color won't matter?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

The blackone looks like it could be interesting when fully fledged. I know you are looking for a certain color/pattern for the adults, but is there a color you want for the chicks as well? Or are you going to incubate and brood so chick color won't matter?

I don''t care what they look like as chicks so long as they grow into the desired clay camo. It just happens that the really dark black ones don't. Though of the blacks I've hatched this past 15-18 months, its probably the best looking black so far. Even better than a red based black I'm keeping as a breeder.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Tossed one egg - bacteria.
Had one hatch overnight, still in the incubator. Downy yellow, not seeing much but yellow - but no coffee or glasses yet.

Had the parents visiting all week, haven't candled (thus the bacteria bomb - which likely ended the eggs on either side, that's the usual effect)

Need to get the brooder box clean and reset this am.

 

[Sally PB]

You survived the weather that came through. Glad you're all ok.

How many more eggs to hatch?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Two more have hatched this AM, or at least the shell halves are far enough apart that its clear they will hatch fine. One yellow, one black. Given how many times we lost power this past week, that they are hatching "on time" instead of the traditional early is probably a good thing.