She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[scflock]

If they're eggs from Sex-links, then no, next generation is not sex-linked... if you used the original types of birds for sex-linking, like RIR over silver based hen, then yes they are sex-linked...

If I crossed a cuckoo marans rooster over the Ams, would I get a sex linked EE?

 

[WVduckchick]

Awesome Ruby!

x2! Love it!

Heritage turkeys mature sexually around 36 weeks, then lay 80-90 eggs for the season. My challenge will be to try to identify eggs from several hens. This year I had only three laying, and I could ID each of their eggs by color. If I sell poults at hatch, I need to be able to identify Gen 1 and Gen 2 poults from straight Narragansett/Golden Narragansett poults.

Mine is 26 weeks, so I'm guessing she won't lay until next spring (if she doesn't become Thanksgiving dinner)? Also, do they mature slower without a tom around?

I had never heard of that before. That's awesome, thanks

Seriously? I can't believe you've never used it.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I really appreciate that if something different is working for someone else then it's respected here. I was getting so mad at that FB "hatching 911" group because you HAVE to hatch their way or you're "wrong" and not welcome. For example you had a 100% hatch, and they are going to tell you that you are wrong!?!? Frustrates me. But I could just leave the group. Instead I started putting my two sense in and watching everyone flip out. You're only allowed to candle at lockdown in that group. So a newbie wrote in about wanting to check her eggs on day 7 and I told her "go ahead, I candle everyday with GREAT results"....then I just sat back and watched the uproar start. They are going to kick me out!

I checked mine too, the brinsea mini, and it only has tiny, tiny holes on the bottom and none on the top that I can see...? But I think they know what they are doing, so I'm not sweating it.
X2!!!!

I can't believe they haven't kicked you out yet....lol

This is the correct answer


No

7
Yes, it's my baby. I love throwing parades, but there is a reason the bar is high. If it were easy, we would be having parades every week, and they wouldn't be special any more. I would love as much as anyone to hatch one parade batch, then sit back and gloat for the rest of the year like some people

, but I'm hatching every few weeks, so bad things are going to happen.
I don't think this batch is going to produce a parade either, but I am very happy with the results. I have 15 in the brooder this morning, so this is my best marans hatch yet. All of the large brown eggs with the small air cells hatched, so I learned a lot from this batch. The Davis eggs hatching points more towards the genetics of Tate's original flock as the source of my earlier issues. I won't be incubating those eggs any more. I have several cockerels coming up that hatched from those dark eggs, and 2 of them are developing nicely. I should have several more from this batch, too, so I'm hoping to get at least one rooster that can take Tate's place in the BCM pen. Tate will be given a flock of Ams next spring.
The incubator is still running, but there are no pips in the remaining light eggs. What I thought was a pip on #16 was a piece of shell from another egg. If there are no pips when I get home tonight, I will shut it down and probably won't be hatching any more until the Ams start laying some normal sized eggs, probably in December
So, no 2015 parade for me, but I finished the year with 30 marans chicks, which was my original goal, so I'm happy

Congrats on the 15!!!! But

on the parade. Hope there's at least 2 more pippers by the time you get home!

You never know what will happen today! Sounds like you had a great hatch and you met your goal!! So here's a

, cus I really wanted to do this

but I know it makes your skin crawl!
Here's my experience, and I didn't weigh. When I set peafowl eggs in July, my AH was high and I couldn't get it to go below 50-60% inside the incubator, even running dry. It was a couple days before lockdown and I was not happy with the air cells, they were just a bit too small for my liking. So I bought that moisture control charcoal/carbon mixture at the dollar store (I tried rice and un-popped popcorn and it did nothing). I put a small cup in the incubator and my humidity went down to 20-25%. I ran that way for 4-5 days and lockdown late. The air cells looked perfect by the late lockdown. And all hatched except one egg.

We were wondering how you made out with the carbon and if it helped in the end.

This is Michigan, and night time temps are already below 50. I am not hatching anything else until March.

My turkey hens also had something to say about that, they have cut back on laying so that I get very few eggs to work with. Baby is 47 days old and won't be ready to lay until mid April so anything else hatched would be too late for breeding in 2016.

I know! We had mid 40's last night. A bit chilly! I was a little worried about my broody.

I love Peretti. His use of symbolism is incredible. An other must read author is Brock and Boedie Thoene. Their stuff is incredible. One series they did was based on WWII, covering the international happenings based around the persecution and Hitler's advance. One of the books in that series is Vienna Prelude. Totally blew my socks off. An other modern day author is Karen ? (somebody help me out here!) She covers a lot of hot or controversial topics.

Most of the published studies are done in super environment controlled incubators, so... all conditions would be the same in the experimental vs. control group except for the particular test hypothesis. Sally has posted a ton of studies that have kicked my brain into overdrive about pushing limits, and being aware that there are so very many options available.

I love Peretti. Read his books in my teens-early twenties and they have always stuck with me.

That's my problem with published studies: they are in a super controlled environment and do not take hatcher habits and quality of eggs/incubator/environment, ect into consideration. They are interesting and show some very thought provoking info, but I rely on experience over studies.

I knew it was coming when I saw you smack Walnut, so I was prepared!

(it still hurt though!)

You did such an awesome parade for me, I just wanted you to get one too.

I still think you might have a couple of late bloomers today...

Ditto, plus I'm one of those people that can't shop in advance for Christmas or bdays because if I have something for someone, I really want to give it to them. I hate waiting.

 

[Ravynscroft]

If I crossed a cuckoo marans rooster over the Ams, would I get a sex linked EE?

Nope... but you would if you switched that... Am roo over Cuckoo hens... all boys would hatch with headspots... hens pass barring on to their sons, but withold it from their daughters...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Oh, mornin!!

 

[RubyNala97]

If you don't use Searchtempest, it's time to start.  searchtempest.com, enter your zip and search radius, and search string [incubator|incubators]

You can save your search...just run it daily.

I've never heard of this either! You guys push me to shop!!

Heritage turkeys mature sexually around 36 weeks, then lay 80-90 eggs for the season.  My challenge will be to try to identify eggs from several hens.  This year I had only three laying, and I could ID each of their eggs by color.  If I sell poults at hatch, I need to be able to identify Gen 1 and Gen 2 poults from straight Narragansett/Golden Narragansett poults.

Ok, so they are slower maturing to chickens, then. (Just like peafowl). I was wondering why it would be to late to breed for 2016, but I understand now.

 

[FridayYet]

Oh, mornin!!

Hi Ravyn!

I'm watching a boring staff meeting about their retirement plans, which I don't participate in since I'm per diem.

Glad I have BYC!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Some one on here mention that crossing silkies to a white skin type might create a skin color sex link. Does anyone know where I would find the data for that?

I found the info on that in the Silkie Cross thread... towards the beginning of that thread, I believe... it was nicalandia who gave the info so I trusted it totally... he is a serious genetics guru... I tried it and it works... has to be black skinned Silkie roo over white or yellow skinned hen... pullets will have dark skin and cockerels will have light skin...

 

[Ravynscroft]

I've never heard of this either! You guys push me to shop!!
Ok, so they are slower maturing to chickens, then. (Just like peafowl). I was wondering why it would be to late to breed for 2016, but I understand now.

Ruby.... back away from the wallet... slowly...

Hi Ravyn!

I'm watching a boring staff meeting about their retirement plans, which I don't participate in since I'm per diem.

Glad I have BYC!

Heyla, Friday!

Just don't burst out laughing when they're taking about death benefits!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So I had left the nest box in the kennel in the coop with the two dud eggs in it to try to entice the others to lay in there and leave my broody alone. Yesterday 2 or 3 eggs were actually laid in there. This morning when I went out to open the coops and check on everyone Raven was in there, so I was happy to see it was getting used. Just went back out to check for eggs and check on Sukoshi and Raven is still in there and if another chicken walks in front of her she screetches at them!! I mean she is vocal!. Sukoshi fans her feather and "growls" a bit, but Raven is full out momma bear voice. So, it'll be interesting to see if she is going to go full out broody. I took out the two dud eggs and let her keep the one she as on and added one I took out that got laid with Sukoshi's. If she is truely broody I'll let her have the eggs laid today, but this has got to be it! I didn't want to deal with broodies at all and now there's possibly two. It's starting to get chilly here especially at night. They could have waited until spring at least. I just find it funny that not a single hen in my first coop has gone broody in the almost year that I have had them and these guys are hormonal left and right...lol