Thank you both for your help!! Very interesting! I figured the hatch rates would be pretty low but didn’t realize they would be quite THAT low
I’m not sure if it’s be worth it. Seems sad. But does seem interesting.
Oh wow she sounds amazing!!I have relayed this story previously in other threads but I will give a quick recap: I hatched Frankie from a grocery store egg last June. I placed six in the incubator three developed, two went to lock down, she’s the only one that hatched.
Eggs came from Petaluma, California from a large egg producer that also sells fertilized eggs.I believe the brand was “Rock Island”.
Eggs were at least three weeks old I didn’t know about checking the Julian date back then. They did have to travel from container ship from California to Hawaii.
From posting info about her on BYC, I have come to the conclusion that she is half red sex link and half leghorn. She hatched from a medium brown egg but lays a very light tan egg herself. She started laying at 18 weeks and I also now have one of her chicks whose father is a Silkie. Hoping her daughter lays near as well as she does! She has not missed a day yet!
I’m sorry more didn’t hatch but seems you lucked out with her!! So interesting to me though that she’s a mix
I just noticed the Happy Eggs locally. They were $8/dz. Expensive table eggs but not bad for hatching eggs. I peeking in a carton... beautiful eggs!It took a bit of detective work to figure it out, she hatched from a medium brown egg and the egg producer showed what looks like RSL on their website. These as you know are often used in production situations. I just assumed she would be a 2nd generation (RSL X RSL), but then she developed white earlobes and laid a much lighter egg then I expected. I believe the large egg producers get their special eggs like fertilized ones from different smaller farms as a secondary source. I guess I will never know for sure!
She is my smartest chicken and still likes to sit in my lap once in awhile for pats. Her daughter has her personality, so I had to keep her!
I believe the Trader Joe's eggs are leghorn or leghorn crosses. "Happy Eggs" have a colored egg layer pack that some people have hatched from as well. These are Marans and Legbar crosses as far as I know.
Good luck!
Oh wow that’s so interesting!! I wonder if maybe they run them together or one got loose or something? Very cool though!! And I didn’t realize they would have those kinds of breedsIt took a bit of detective work to figure it out, she hatched from a medium brown egg and the egg producer showed what looks like RSL on their website. These as you know are often used in production situations. I just assumed she would be a 2nd generation (RSL X RSL), but then she developed white earlobes and laid a much lighter egg then I expected. I believe the large egg producers get their special eggs like fertilized ones from different smaller farms as a secondary source. I guess I will never know for sure!
She is my smartest chicken and still likes to sit in my lap once in awhile for pats. Her daughter has her personality, so I had to keep her!
I believe the Trader Joe's eggs are leghorn or leghorn crosses. "Happy Eggs" have a colored egg layer pack that some people have hatched from as well. These are Marans and Legbar crosses as far as I know.
Good luck!
will have to look sometime.
That’s a great idea!!
Yeah, some of the prices are crazy on the eating eggs! Hahah
Actually the Duck eggs found fertile in another thread said she got them at a local Asian market and said they were very cold from teh fridge in that store. But some were still fertile and developing.I wonder if they have a better rate too cause they’re not usually refrigerated? Very interesting.
