Niederrheiner Thread! All Colors!

[Vorksigan]

Yes, the hatching eggs were together. I may have duplicated these pictures over on my "hi there" post but they should be over here with the Niederrheiners, too, for others who are looking for pics. You can see how at one month, the girl's dark spot is gone, and the boy's light spot is gone, but the girl is several shades darker than the boy. I was using this site to guide me (http://www.huehner-tv.de/zwerg-niederrheiner-3.html). I read German, but if you don't you can open the page in Google, and then right click anywhere on the page and choose translate. The sentences will have conjunctions and articles in the wrong places, and if the sentence sounds really wonky then Google translate has used the wrong equivalent to the word - so you will have to "fix" them a bit in your mind as you read, but it does help a lot to get the gist of what they are saying.

 

[Vorksigan]

I am trying to get Lemon Cuckoo Neiderrheiners started but currently I have one gen and 3 roosters. I have ordered more chicks and would like to get this breed accepted into APA for show purposes. Would you know the standards for the LC Neiderrheiners? Also if you could provide help in sexing the chicks I would appreciate.

 

[Vorksigan]

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Wow! @hofhine68,

I absolutely love those pics and vids of your Niederrheiners and Bielefelders!  The chick in the video is definitely a young rooster, or cockerel.  Which chick is that in the pics?  The one with the black dot or the light dot?

I've actually never seen a black fleck in our birds before so that's why I was eager to check it out.  I feel this thread should be the center for posting pics and tracking which chicks turned out to be hens and which ones turned out to be roosters.

As far as Brinkhaven you mentioned 1/6 Bielefelders hatched and 2/3 Niederrheiners hatched.  Well the Niederrheiner batch is considered "average" at 60% hatch rate and you have a 66% hatch rate.  Something obviously went wrong with the Bielefelder batch, with a hatch rate of 17%.  A number of things could have happened.  Did you candle the eggs to see if they were fertile or not?

As far as hatching eggs, there are 3 terms to know:
1. yolkers
2. quitters
3. winners

Yolkers are eggs that were never fertile.  Quitters are eggs that were fertile but for whatever reason the embryo / chick "quit."  Winners reach the finish line and hatch out.  I'd be very curious to know if you know any of that to help with my stats.

Generally, I've had good experiences and bad experiences with hatching eggs in general.  I had 0 chicks hatch out of 14 eggs from one farm.  I found out that 10 of them were yolkers and 4 became quitters.  Infertility was the issue there.

ave any information on the standards for the Lemon Cuckoo Neiderrheiners?

 

[Vorksigan]

Do you h
ave any information on the standards for the Lemon Cuckoo Neiderrheiners?

Anyone have idea if Lemon Cuckoo Neiderrheiners are being consider by the APA? Does anyone know if there is a published standard for the breed? I would like to correspond with anyone that might have any of the information I am seeking. Please email me at [email protected]

 

[ruriksson]

Hi All, I've got 2 dozen Niederrheiner eggs in the incubator at the moment. I was just wondering if the torpedo shape is normal. Does this pose any issues with hatching? These were shipped eggs and I'm sure will have saddle shaped air cells.

 

[Vorksigan]

If you are interested in helping establish Lemon Cuckoo Neiderrheiners as a APA recognized breed please contact me at [email protected]. I need 3 folks interested in breeding them for a five year period while striving to achieve a breed standard. I am currently trying to locate a breed standard. If anyone can read German and is willing to contact the German Poultry Association; would you ask them for a copy of their breed standard?

 

[cutipatooti]

Hi All,  I've got 2 dozen Niederrheiner eggs in the incubator at the moment.  I was just wondering if the torpedo shape is normal.  Does this pose any issues with hatching?  These were shipped eggs and I'm sure will have saddle shaped air cells.

I had a niederrhiener once and she had torpedo shaped eggs. I don't know how it will have an effect on hatching.

 

[Sylvester017]

Hi All, I've got 2 dozen Niederrheiner eggs in the incubator at the moment. I was just wondering if the torpedo shape is normal. Does this pose any issues with hatching? These were shipped eggs and I'm sure will have saddle shaped air cells.

I had a niederrhiener once and she had torpedo shaped eggs. I don't know how it will have an effect on hatching.

I have a Silkie that occasionally lays torpedo-shaped eggs. Usually they are cute normal-looking ovals but occasionally I get a torpedo so if anyone knows why, let us know.

 

[StephWind]

If you are interested in helping establish Lemon Cuckoo Neiderrheiners as a APA recognized breed please contact me at [email protected]. I need 3 folks interested in breeding them for a five year period while striving to achieve a breed standard. I am currently trying to locate a breed standard. If anyone can read German and is willing to contact the German Poultry Association; would you ask them for a copy of their breed standard?

Hi Johnny! GFF sent me a copy of your e-mail and I would love to work with you on getting these guys into the APA! I am in CO and am NPIP. I have no experience showing, but am willing to learn. Here are a few photos from today (birds are 8 months old)

 

[Vorksigan]

Nice pictures. I appreciate your reply. If you could email me at [email protected], I will send you my phone number and what we are needing to do to make this happen.
Johnny