Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Phill98]

Well my hatch is over, it wasn't great but could have been worse.  From 24 eggs set, 10 chicks (worried about 1) we have 3 broodies right now so that is 3 chicks per broody and one to share. lol

No scaleless in this batch, I egtopsy my non hatchers and lost several very dark fm birds and none of the green eggs hatched.

I also agree that it could be worse.
Can you please explain to me what does the egtopsy means 'cause I can't find that in google translate and don't understand your post completly?

 

[ochochicas]

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You open up the eggs that didn't hatch to see what happened to the chick. Did they die after they pipped? Were they shrink wrapped? Did they have a deformity like scissor beak that kept them from hatching?

 

[Kassaundra]

Sorry, yes a lot of that post wouldn't translate well.


Scaleless is a naked chick without any feathers.

fm is a black skinned bird

egtopsy is opening the unhatched egg to look at the chick and see how far the chick lived and I can see what the chick was going to look like, for instance whether it was fm, scaleless, or fluff color, etc... I candle the egg first to make sure it isn't liquid before I open though!!!!

Opening one once is enough that you never forget that step ................................... again!

 

[Phill98]

Sorry, yes a lot of that post wouldn't translate well.


Scaleless is a naked chick without any feathers.

fm is a black skinned bird

egtopsy is opening the unhatched egg to look at the chick and see how far the chick lived and I can see what the chick was going to look like, for instance whether it was fm, scaleless, or fluff color, etc...   I candle the egg first to make sure it isn't liquid before I open though!!!!     Opening one once is enough that you never forget that step ................................... again!

I knew what fm and scaleless chicken is, but thanks anyway. Now it makes sence to me

Ugh, that smells awful, I did that once also!

 

[DesertChic]

I knew what fm and scaleless chicken is, but thanks anyway. Now it makes sence to me

Ugh, that smells awful, I did that once also!

Actually, in my experience at least, there's rarely been any odor at all. I egtopsy (love that word) every egg that doesn't hatch and I've yet to have one that stank when I opened it.

 

[Kassaundra]

Actually, in my experience at least, there's rarely been any odor at all. I egtopsy (love that word) every egg that doesn't hatch and I've yet to have one that stank when I opened it.

I've never had a smell w/ eggs that have chicks in them, but my oh my I have that have liquid in them.

 

[Kassaundra]

Well, you KNEW that pics would follow a hatch!

These two are just diff poses same two chicks, wanted to show the dark fm on the lighter one







Same chicks diff poses trying to show the very dark fm




Just one pose on these two, they got it right first time! lol





Two poses for these two

 

[Kassaundra]

And a few action shots of the older ones




Frick and Frack, not sure of gender on Frack













A new version of the "head spot" ?????

 

[DesertChic]

Well, you KNEW that pics would follow a hatch!

These two are just diff poses same two chicks, wanted to show the dark fm on the lighter one







Same chicks diff poses trying to show the very dark fm




Just one pose on these two, they got it right first time! lol





Two poses for these two

TOO CUTE!!!! I am seriously drooling over that black/brown FM chick.

 

[Kassaundra]

TOO CUTE!!!! I am seriously drooling over that black/brown FM chick.

Thanks, I got two nice dark fm, that one and the one in the first pic (I think) w/ lighter fluff. One w/ light fm