should I let them hatch?

[bzender]

I have a Australorp hen that that is bloody for the second time this year so im thinking about letting her hatch a few. But my rooster is a bantam columbian wyandotte and im not sure how they will turn out. Will they get any mixed coloring or will they go one way or the other? And size...?

 

[Stiggy]

if one is full sized and one a bantam, then you should get mostly chicks in a mid size between them with a few bigger/ smaller ones (stats wise) depends on the colouring of the hen and rooster and their parents as to what genes they throw.

 

[bzender]

So basically with not knowing their parents and having no gene knowledge or comprehension I won't really be able to know how they will look unless I hatch them... :/

 

[Stiggy]

pretty much.... you could get some lovely colours and patterns though. and if shes broody.... well if you do decide to let her hatch them I would love to see some pictures

 

[Bethel3330]

Same here. That could be interesting. No harm trying!

 

[bzender]

Thanks for the input everybody. I think ill let her go for it and ill post pictures when/if they hatch and as they grow. Im really hoping for something different and pretty to look at!!

 

[Bethel3330]

Yay!!

 

[bzender]

So two are hatched but I cant get good pitures yet. One hatched later in the evening on Tuesday and wednesday morning two were peeping but had not pipped. By the time I got home from work wednesday one of those had hatched and the other didnt. So I checked it every couple hours for more peeping or scratching inside the egg and heard nothing. I think the shells are too thick and it may have died before it could get out. The first one was pipped for 12 hours before I decided it looked like it needed a little help so I carefully pulled just a little of the shell and in an hour it was out the rest of the way on its own. And there is one other egg i havent heard anything from, but it was layed in the nest by my amber sex link a couple days after my australorp started sitting. So that one should hatch a couple days later than the rest right?

 

[bzender]

Sorry everyone thats been waiting for pictures. Here are a couple of them at 4 weeks. They are just over 5 weeks now.

Ill add more as they get a little older.