March 2023 hatch-a-long

[Backyard Divas]

When I asked my co-worker original when getting the eggs he just blanket stated "Easter Eggers". Talking to him a little more sounds like he might have had a Leghorn under a Marans roo, and when I said about the fluffy footed one he said might be his Polish.

Ultimately I kind of like the idea of not knowing a little more though, keeps you guessing and lets the chicks surprise you themselves.

I'm just sad that I think one of the eggs that didn't make it might have been a victim of the chick that hatched next to it. When the chick hatched it started flailing all over and ultimately turned the egg upside down. When I checked after the hatch the unhatched egg looked as though it only needed to pip and absorb the rest of the yolk, it was otherwise looking good to my untrained eye.

Yeah, my boyfriend's friend that I got my fertile eggs from last time wasn't all that enlightening when I tried to find out what breeds of chickens he has (I don't think he pays that much attention) and what they lay so I could figure out the parentage. It was a bit fun trying to figure it out though.

At the time he only had the Gold Deathlayer roo I had previously given him, so I knew the father and could figure out the mothers of two of the cockerels due to them being sex-linked.

A Marans Leghorn cross is interesting. Hopefully you get the best of both parents and have a hen that lays a lot of big nutritious eggs. My olive egger came from a BCM X CCL cross and she seems to have gotten the best of both from her parents. She is laying bigger eggs than mom already and is laying really regular like mom. Bonus her eggs are pretty olive !

 

[BobMcDuff]

Yeah, my boyfriend's friend that I got my fertile eggs from last time wasn't all that enlightening when I tried to find out what breeds of chickens he has (I don't think he pays that much attention) and what they lay so I could figure out the parentage. It was a bit fun trying to figure it out though.

At the time he only had the Gold Deathlayer roo I had previously given him, so I knew the father and could figure out the mothers of two of the cockerels due to them being sex-linked.

A Marans Leghorn cross is interesting. Hopefully you get the best of both parents and have a hen that lays a lot of big nutritious eggs. My olive egger came from a BCM X CCL cross and she seems to have gotten the best of both from her parents. She is laying bigger eggs than mom already and is laying really regular like mom. Bonus her eggs are pretty olive !

What is interesting is the two chicks that came from the white eggs he told me were leghorns..... look NOTHING alike, one was the solo yellow chick, and the other is the chick with the pink band on the chicks right leg (so the chick with the black face, not the copper face).
I have to get the kids to start coming up with names for the other chicks. So far only two have names

Chick with green bands on both legs - Zombie (early on I couldn't tell what was going on and almost pulled the egg from then incubator, but luckily I left it in another day and then was convinced otherwise).

And then the five toed chick... its name is Smitty.... Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen (because it was number 1)

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

I took them all out of the brooder for a few minutes while I changed out the bedding (tomorrow I'm switching to the wood shaving though). Made it easy to take their pics as I was putting them back 1 at a time.

I was wondering myself about the Cemani possibility. I'll have to ask if he has any because that chick is completely black.

Well, they are all adorable! That’s a good idea for for tracking their development, I guess I thought about that, but then they all hit at once. They are still young, and my first mix hatch, so I will attempt to wrangle them

Maybe there is a thread where we can post birth to lay, I bet the changes would be interesting. I will love to see how the black one turns out. Looks like my babies

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Yeah, my boyfriend's friend that I got my fertile eggs from last time wasn't all that enlightening when I tried to find out what breeds of chickens he has (I don't think he pays that much attention) and what they lay so I could figure out the parentage. It was a bit fun trying to figure it out though.

At the time he only had the Gold Deathlayer roo I had previously given him, so I knew the father and could figure out the mothers of two of the cockerels due to them being sex-linked.

A Marans Leghorn cross is interesting. Hopefully you get the best of both parents and have a hen that lays a lot of big nutritious eggs. My olive egger came from a BCM X CCL cross and she seems to have gotten the best of both from her parents. She is laying bigger eggs than mom already and is laying really regular like mom. Bonus her eggs are pretty olive !

Love the colored eggs

 

[Backyard Divas]

Well, they are all adorable! That’s a good idea for for tracking their development, I guess I thought about that, but then they all hit at once. They are still young, and my first mix hatch, so I will attempt to wrangle them

Maybe there is a thread where we can post birth to lay, I bet the changes would be interesting. I will love to see how the black one turns out. Looks like my babies

Instead of a Hatch-a-long a Grow-a-long!

 

[Backyard Divas]

Love the colored eggs

Me too! I like the variety so I can tell who is laying.

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Instead of a Hatch-a-long a Grow-a-long!

Yes! You named it so you get to start it

 

[RUTHIE258]

Is there a chance my humidity is too high? I have 4 chicks hatched in a Brinsea mini but they are still so wet and lots of condensation on the clear glass of incubator. I feel they are just getting wetter not dryer from all the humidty in the incubator?? HELP!!

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

What is interesting is the two chicks that came from the white eggs he told me were leghorns..... look NOTHING alike, one was the solo yellow chick, and the other is the chick with the pink band on the chicks right leg (so the chick with the black face, not the copper face).
I have to get the kids to start coming up with names for the other chicks. So far only two have names

Chick with green bands on both legs - Zombie (early on I couldn't tell what was going on and almost pulled the egg from then incubator, but luckily I left it in another day and then was convinced otherwise).

And then the five toed chick... its name is Smitty.... Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen (because it was number 1)

Have you ever seen five-toed before? I’ve never even heard of that, let alone seen it!

 

[Backyard Divas]

Yes! You named it so you get to start it

Haha! You mean like this?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pullets-or-cockerels-gold-deathlayer-x-various.1554797/

Or this

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/future-hens-or-roos-fbcm-x-ccl.1553319/

I totally would but didn't end up with fertile eggs so I'm just living vicariously on this thread. I'd follow you all on one for sure if someone starts one!