Silence Is Not Golden Here

[Conan]

I'm really hoping that Copper, my Serama boy, actually manages to get the job done with them when they're ready. I just want to see what the result would be. I want muffs, a beard, and a Serama strutt!

Yes! That Serama posture and tail with a Gandalf beard. That sounds like a fun cross... Plus, Copper is gorgeous. I'd love to see the colors produced from such a pairing.

 

[Conan]

I tried so, so hard today to get a golden sebright to mate my Mille Fleur D'Uccle hen. I want the cross and so does his owner.
The boy kept acting like the big stud in his case but when presented with a lady he courted but didn't know what else to do

Plus, he probably got self conscious knowing you were watching!

 

[Cyprus]

So awkward

It was hilarious
We literally put him on top of a frizzled Cochin bantam and he rode her like a piggy back!!!

 

[Cyprus]

Plus, he probably got self conscious knowing you were watching!

 

[BlackHackle]

It was hilarious
We literally put him on top of a frizzled Cochin bantam and he rode her like a piggy back!!!

Some roos can be hard to understand

 

[Zinjifrah]

I tried so, so hard today to get a golden sebright to mate my Mille Fleur D'Uccle hen. I want the cross and so does his owner.
The boy kept acting like the big stud in his case but when presented with a lady he courted but didn't know what else to do

Yeah... Ash squatted for Copper for the very first time yesterday - that I've seen. She did it twice, when he started harassing her. He stood there looking confused, then wandered off... Lately he tries to sneak up and grab them by the tail. But they're so much bigger than him, that he gets dragged all over until he lets go. So he's been getting chased off the pullets quite a bit. And then one goes and squats for him... and he doesn't know what to do about it. Teenagers.

On another note, the best information I've been able to scrounge up on blood vessels radiating from an air pocket related to fertile eggs that were too old to be viable. Which is entirely possible, since some of the eggs I set may have been as much as two or three weeks old.

However, the five that I just removed and opened were, indeed, dead. And I'm pretty sure I know the cause. All had viable embryos that died at about the same stage - and one had twins in it. I just found out yesterday that a few days prior, while I was gone, the power got shut off for a few hours. The incubator is on a backup, so it would have kept running... but the AC in the house did not. It would have turned into an absolute oven in here during that time, and this incubator, unlike my last one, doesn't cool, it only heats. I suspect the eggs got cooked.

That leaves me with eleven that are alive and moving, and one that I thought was dead previously, but am pretty sure I saw veins in today. However, my weights are also bad - I've kept humidity right around 40%, yet I've lost too much weight for halfway through incubation. So I'm going to have to boost humidity for the next week and a half.

 

[Cyprus]

Some roos can be hard to understand

In his defense, it was at fair and young children were present

 

[BlackHackle]

In his defense, it was at fair and young children were present

I guess so, right? He sure can use common sense better than most chickens

 

[Conan]

Yeah... Ash squatted for Copper for the very first time yesterday - that I've seen. She did it twice, when he started harassing her. He stood there looking confused, then wandered off... Lately he tries to sneak up and grab them by the tail. But they're so much bigger than him, that he gets dragged all over until he lets go. So he's been getting chased off the pullets quite a bit. And then one goes and squats for him... and he doesn't know what to do about it. Teenagers.

On another note, the best information I've been able to scrounge up on blood vessels radiating from an air pocket related to fertile eggs that were too old to be viable. Which is entirely possible, since some of the eggs I set may have been as much as two or three weeks old.

However, the five that I just removed and opened were, indeed, dead. And I'm pretty sure I know the cause. All had viable embryos that died at about the same stage - and one had twins in it. I just found out yesterday that a few days prior, while I was gone, the power got shut off for a few hours. The incubator is on a backup, so it would have kept running... but the AC in the house did not. It would have turned into an absolute oven in here during that time, and this incubator, unlike my last one, doesn't cool, it only heats. I suspect the eggs got cooked.

That leaves me with eleven that are alive and moving, and one that I thought was dead previously, but am pretty sure I saw veins in today. However, my weights are also bad - I've kept humidity right around 40%, yet I've lost too much weight for halfway through incubation. So I'm going to have to boost humidity for the next week and a half.

What day are your viable eggs on?

 

[Cyprus]

I guess so, right? He sure can use common sense better than most chickens

Yah but.... I want him to breed