My Araucana & Ameraucana eggs! Now with PICS ;)

[Guitartists]

Well, I candled some eggs tonight... The Ameraucanas went in the bator on the 16th and the Araucanas on the 17th

So far so good

I did have one Araucana egg that I candled that had a loose air cell... and it is probably scrambled, but I will leave it a few day more just in case . I was worried as it was the first Araucana egg I candled tonight.... but, I'm happy, no ecstatic to report that the following 4 Araucana eggs I candled had little chickies growing in them!

And the Ameraucanas look fabulous! I only candled about 5 but they all had growth!

I have one lone Welsummer egg... and it appears to have a loose air cell, not holding out much hope for it, but who knows

Please send me good incubating vibes! I hope these little guys and gals keep growing!

 

[Anne]

That's awesome!!!

Who did you get your Araucana eggs from?

 

[sara]

Wonderful! Good luck

 

[Guitartists]

I got my Araucanas from hinkjc

I'm so excited about them! I hope I get a tufted roo

I already have a name picked out for him

They remind me of oldtime cowboys... with big ole mustaches.... As soon as I get the right roo... his name shall be Wyatt Earp! LMAO My DH's FAVORITE western movie EVER!!!!

And the hens shall be, Big-nose Kate and I haven't picked any past that... I'll have to rewatch the movie... come to think of it, those rumpless butts remind me of those bussled dresses!

And if I get two roos, there will have to most certainly be a Doc Holiday

And I HOPE HOPE HOPE it will be a duckwing

hehehehehe

 

[Anne]

Ha ha, that's an awesome name for a tufted roo!

Take lots of pics of the babies when they hatch, I wanna see them!

 

[Guitartists]

Oh I WILL!

Your website is fantastic Anne! I love looking at all of those photos

Your Duckwings are just so pretty.

I joined your mailing list too. Do let me know when you have some eggs available!

 

[hinkjc]

Good luck Ang..sounds like everything is going well. I have an araucana hatch in progress. They weren't due till today, but I already have a black, a blue and 3 whites hatched.

So eggciting! I hope your hatch is great.

Jody

 

[Anne]

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Awwwww, thanks! I am lucky enough that Duckwing colors tend to be very prevalent in my flock. I'll definitely send out an email notice when I put some eggs up for sale!

Keep us updated on your hatch!

 

[Guitartists]

I candled just now.... my remaining Welsummer was a bust

I have 9 eggs that don't appear to be doing anything

I think maybe they are scrambled... but I will give them a few more days to be sure...some of them had very thick, dark shells. But, everyone else looks GREAT! Little peeps inside them

7 of which are little Araucanas!

Can you guys tell me.... if a lethal double tufted gene is present.... at which stage do they die or fail to grow? Do they not develop period?? Or do they die sometime during incubation?

 

[Anne]

Being homozygous for tufts can kill them at any point during incubation, but the most prevalent time is between days 18-21. Sometimes even after pipping.