Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Turk Raphael]

Pulled 30 out of the incubator @ 9:40 last night. Still have a few that are trying to hatch.

Still getting a few fully feathered babies though. I guess 3 out of 30 isn't a bad percentage relate though, only 10%.

Guess my Golden Partridge fellow will be leaving Daturdah. All 12 of the eggs I set from his run were not fertile. Also leaving will be my Aloha rooster Mr. Bo Spangles. I have a really good son from the Easter hatch that us Na ( big bow tie), coming into breeding age now, and I have four daughters plus what pullets I get from this hatch to carry on for him.

I still have a hen that is producing well from the Aloha stock. Even though she is solid red ( closer to orange) she is producing some mottled chicks with the right roosters. She was in with Mr. Bo Spangkes with this hatch do I'll see if they get spotty chicks.

Those Aloha birds are really attractive but I'm trying to not get too caught up with color on my birds, except the White Chanteclers. I inherited some really nice white NNs from dad but I have no intention of showing them or any breed of bird for that matter.

I've gotten to the point that I don't really care if my birds are great layers or not...so long as they can keep me in eggs and provide enough to placate the broodys and my incubator.

 

[chickengr]

Pulled 30 out of the incubator @ 9:40 last night. Still have a few that are trying to hatch.

Still getting a few fully feathered babies though. I guess 3 out of 30 isn't a bad percentage relate though, only 10%.

Guess my Golden Partridge fellow will be leaving Daturdah. All 12 of the eggs I set from his run were not fertile. Also leaving will be my Aloha rooster Mr. Bo Spangles. I have a really good son from the Easter hatch that us Na ( big bow tie), coming into breeding age now, and I have four daughters plus what pullets I get from this hatch to carry on for him.

I still have a hen that is producing well from the Aloha stock. Even though she is solid red ( closer to orange) she is producing some mottled chicks with the right roosters. She was in with Mr. Bo Spangkes with this hatch do I'll see if they get spotty chicks.

congrats!

if I were you I would still keep mr. bo spangles. you don't know if his son will be fertile. as for the other guy, I had the similar situation. non of my araucana boy eggs hatched. I wanted to sell him but changed my mind. I put a new hen with him and this is what I got:

there is no explanation why the first 7 eggs didn't hatch. both he and the hen were healthy. and the chick's mom just got recovered from canker and the only egg of hers I put under the broody hatched.

btw, I finally made pickled eggs and I like them. thanks for the recipe.

 

[chickengr]

Those Aloha birds are really attractive but I'm trying to not get too caught up with color on my birds, except the White Chanteclers. I inherited some really nice white NNs from dad but I have no intention of showing them or any breed of bird for that matter.

I've gotten to the point that I don't really care if my birds are great layers or not...so long as they can keep me in eggs and provide enough to placate the broodys and my incubator.

most of my birds lay from time to time. it might be due to heat/molt but I will let them die naturally. they are my first birds and more pets than chickens. some of them are hybrids and they cannot live long. anyway I get more eggs than I can eat, so I am fine.

 

[draye]

I need some information.

At all you NN breeders:
What is your fertility rate on the eggs that you are hatching?

How many hens to rooster ratio?

This last hatch:
I set 72 eggs. At 14 days I candled them. I had 41 eggs that were fertile. NOTE here: one of the runs I set had 1 rooster and 5 hens, set 15 eggs from here and none were fertile.

So: counting all eggs set I had a 56.94% fertility rate. Discounting those 15 on the other three runs I had a 78.84% fertility rate. Hatch I got a 73.17% rate. There were no more than 6 hens in a run.

Just one note here. One of the runs with 1 rooster and 4 hens set 12 eggs. One egg was not fertile, got 11 out of 11 fertile eggs to hatch from this run.

 

[chickengr]

I need some information.

At all you NN breeders:
What is your fertility rate on the eggs that you are hatching?

How many hens to rooster ratio?

This last hatch:
I set 72 eggs. At 14 days I candled them. I had 41 eggs that were fertile. NOTE here: one of the runs I set had 1 rooster and 5 hens, set 15 eggs from here and none were fertile.

So: counting all eggs set I had a 56.94% fertility rate. Discounting those 15 on the other three runs I had a 78.84% fertility rate. Hatch I got a 73.17% rate. There were no more than 6 hens in a run.

Just one note here. One of the runs with 1 rooster and 4 hens set 12 eggs. One egg was not fertile, got 11 out of 11 fertile eggs to hatch from this run.

is it true that incubator hatch rate is around 60-70%? it might be a coincidence. why don't you crack some eggs to see if there is any bull's eye? in case of my roo I knew he was fertile as I cracked the eggs.

I have been told that 1 roo can be with 17 hens but I would keep maximum 10 hens with 1 roo. breeders usually put 1 roo/6 hens, just to be sure.

I have a fertile marans roo with an araucana/ameraucana mix hen. her eggs are fertile but none hatched. she is blind in 1 eye so her health might be an issue. just a thought.

 

[DesertChic]

I need some information.

At all you NN breeders:
What is your fertility rate on the eggs that you are hatching?

How many hens to rooster ratio?

This last hatch:
I set 72 eggs. At 14 days I candled them. I had 41 eggs that were fertile. NOTE here: one of the runs I set had 1 rooster and 5 hens, set 15 eggs from here and none were fertile.

So: counting all eggs set I had a 56.94% fertility rate. Discounting those 15 on the other three runs I had a 78.84% fertility rate. Hatch I got a 73.17% rate. There were no more than 6 hens in a run.

Just one note here. One of the runs with 1 rooster and 4 hens set 12 eggs. One egg was not fertile, got 11 out of 11 fertile eggs to hatch from this run.

I've actually had a 100% hatch rate of my NN hen eggs so far irrespective of what rooster fertilized them, both incubator and broody hen hatched. Of the NN rooster over non-NN hen my hatch rate is a little lower at 94%. So far the only fertility problems I've had appear to be because of the intense summer heat, but I've yet to thoroughly test this theory. I promised my family that I wouldn't put any more eggs in the incubator until all of my extra roosters have been culled, but I do have permission to give eggs to a broody hen...and I just happen to have a hen going broody right now.

 

[draye]

is it true that incubator hatch rate is around 60-70%? it might be a coincidence. why don't you crack some eggs to see if there is any bull's eye? in case of my roo I knew he was fertile as I cracked the eggs.

I have been told that 1 roo can be with 17 hens but I would keep maximum 10 hens with 1 roo. breeders usually put 1 roo/6 hens, just to be sure.

I have a fertile marans roo with an araucana/ameraucana mix hen. her eggs are fertile but none hatched. she is blind in 1 eye so her health might be an issue. just a thought.

I do crack eggs. I eat them so I do see fertile eggs from time to time, when I think to look for it. I think that maybe the room in which the incubator is in may have something to do with the hatch rate, but not the fertility rate. I've kept the humidity up around 55% most of the time.

I've actually had a 100% hatch rate of my NN hen eggs so far irrespective of what rooster fertilized them, both incubator and broody hen hatched. Of the NN rooster over non-NN hen my hatch rate is a little lower at 94%. So far the only fertility problems I've had appear to be because of the intense summer heat, but I've yet to thoroughly test this theory. I promised my family that I wouldn't put any more eggs in the incubator until all of my extra roosters have been culled, but I do have permission to give eggs to a broody hen...and I just happen to have a hen going broody right now.

It could have been the heat factor on this rooster ( the Golden Partridge that I had dud eggs from this time.), he is a year old and a little heavier than other roosters. are you feeding fermented feed to your chickens? just a thought that maybe that could increase the fertility?

Yea, on those promises: I never make them because when I get ready to hatch I put them on. I use the excuse that I can sell the extra ones that I don't need.

, well I do sell a few.

 

[DesertChic]

I do crack eggs. I eat them so I do see fertile eggs from time to time, when I think to look for it. I think that maybe the room in which the incubator is in may have something to do with the hatch rate, but not the fertility rate. I've kept the humidity up around 55% most of the time.
It could have been the heat factor on this rooster ( the Golden Partridge that I had dud eggs from this time.), he is a year old and a little heavier than other roosters. are you feeding fermented feed to your chickens? just a thought that maybe that could increase the fertility?

Yea, on those promises: I never make them because when I get ready to hatch I put them on. I use the excuse that I can sell the extra ones that I don't need.

, well I do sell a few.

I feed "soaked" feed during the hotter months since anything longer than 36 hours inevitably results in mold rather than fermentation. During the cooler months the feed is most definitely fermented.

Oh, and I neglected to answer your question about rooster/hen ratios. When my birds are closed up for the night in their pens, the ratio can be as high as one rooster to over a dozen hens and as low as 3 roosters to a dozen hens, depending upon the pen they're in. During the day they all intermingle and it turns into a love fest. I sometimes find it entertaining to see which rooster(s) each hen shows preference for once they have their pick of the boys. And, since I haven't set up strict breeding pens (yet), when I finally do hatch some eggs I enjoy playing "Who's the Daddy" based on how they feather out.

I should also mention that so far, none of my breeding roosters has been older than 2 years of age...primarily because I've only been keeping chickens for 2 years.

 

[deserteggs22]

I've actually had a 100% hatch rate of my NN hen eggs so far irrespective of what rooster fertilized them, both incubator and broody hen hatched. Of the NN rooster over non-NN hen my hatch rate is a little lower at 94%. So far the only fertility problems I've had appear to be because of the intense summer heat, but I've yet to thoroughly test this theory. I promised my family that I wouldn't put any more eggs in the incubator until all of my extra roosters have been culled, but I do have permission to give eggs to a broody hen...and I just happen to have a hen going broody right now. 

I'll take one of those roosters off your hands. I have my silkie, and my ohiki right now, and I feel like I need a bigger breed.

 

[DesertChic]

I'll take one of those roosters off your hands. I have my silkie, and my ohiki right now, and I feel like I need a bigger breed.

Any idea what you might be interested in? I've got three pure NNs, one Bielefelder/Australorp mix, and one Ameraucana-mix/Australorp boy in the frat house that I don't have breeding plans for.