Oh. let me not neglect the Edna news. Last night I bought a dozen eggs from a BYC listing, they'll be shipped from Oklahoma Monday. This was from someone (BYC name okiechickens) who has several different breeds/varieties, and you could mix and match for the dozen. So I asked her for a mix of her Blue/Black Ameraucana and her Easter Egger eggs. She said she would choose out the widest vaiety of shades of blue and green eggs that are laid this weekend to ship to me. I don't think Edna can cover more than four eggs (she's tiny), so when I get them I will candle to check if air cells are detached and keep the best ones. If more than four look good, I'll choose the best egg colors to keep, I guess.
If I get very lucky and most of the eggs look good--anyone interested in the extra eggs for your incubator or a broody hen? No charge, I'll just throw them out if I can't find anyone who wants them. No special claims about them being show quality (the Ameraucanas, obviously, since with the EE's that's not even a question...) or exceptional in any way. I was just interested in getting a wider range of egg colors. Anyway, I would be willing to meet someone part way if anyone is crazy enough to want to incubate any extras.
(Since we have been so disease-aware lately, I did ask her about her testing/vaccinating. She has not tested or vaccinated her birds, got the original stock from a NPIP source, has had buyers test her stock without a problem, but is not NPIP herself. Says she has a closed flock with no known problems. So I will cross my fingers just a little...) (Although most states do not require MG testing anyway, so a NPIP certification wouldn't matter there, and MG is the biggie as far as hatching eggs, right?)
