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[SkyWarrior]

I set 6 EEs and 3 Blue Orpingtons eggs in the incubator tonight (2 eggs broke in transit). I figure I'll be happy to get a cockerel EE and some extra BLO chicks. It looks like I have half and half on my 4 chicks I'm pretty sure the FBCM and CM are roos and the blue copper marans and the BLO are pullets.

Just out of curiosity, what do you get when you cross a FBCM and a blue copper marans?

 

[callducklover20]

Pretty Bengal Chickee-I have to post some pics of my 2 boys on here someday when everything decides to work right. I

those cats and their personalities, have you seen the Cat Wheel the Bengal breeders are selling

oh mine would love that. Congrats to all the babies over the last few days-really missed keeping up with everyone with BYC being down

 

[cthrash1]

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I was told you can breed them together... You'll get some blue copper and some black copper.

 

[EdistoChicks]

I am starting to worry. The eggs I have in my incubator were being sat on by a hen for a week before I got them. The keets are so large in some eggs that I can't see anything through the eggs anymore. Should I take them off the turner a week earlier than I would if I started from day one? Up to this point I have called them at day 1 the day I put them in the incubator. HELP. I have 36 keets I do not want to kill!

 

[featherz]

I would be tempted to take them off the turner - did you candle them before putting them in the incubator? Any development? My keets hatched almost 5 days early so if you can't see anything in the eggs I am thinking they are getting close. That said, I had one hatch in the turner so it's necessarily going to hurt them.

 

[EdistoChicks]

Thank you so much featherz for the reply. I will keep the humidity up and take them off. There are a couple though that have a lot of space in the egg, maybe I can mark those and turn those only. It is so hard to know! Plus, I am the worst candler on the block. I have thought all my eggs were duds for my first two hatches. I am finally starting to figure it out, my problem is that since this is my first guinea hatch it is really hard to know what to look for and when.

 

[featherz]

well just remember that guinea eggs take longer than chicken eggs! Most references say 28 days, but people here usually have them hatch at 25ish or so. So if they were being sat on by a broody for a week, what day is it now including that week?

 

[EdistoChicks]

It would be day 21 including that week.

 

[featherz]

Oh, then I'd wait a few days before locking down. Guineas hatch days 25-28 or so, so wait at least another two days. Just a guess!! I am only a third time hatcher but I have hatched keets before.

 

[txmel]

today is day 21 for my one ee egg that made it to lockdown

it hatches. i have 7 serama egg that go into lockdown on friday! none of the wheaten marans eggs made it i'm rather bummed about that. this is the second batch of wheaten marans egg that i have tried to hatch and so far out of the 26 eggs only one hatched and its a roo

i have some barnverdler eggs in the mail to me maybe i will have better luck with them.

wish me luck