It's funny,.. I've had to set up a "prioritization system" for my eggs. I always label each one, but now I have each egg labelled and sorted into different cartons by how important I feel it is to get them into the incubator. We have the Western Silkie National and the APA semiannual in Stevenson, WA in April, and I've committed to donating to the breeders auction and to the silkie club raffle,..... and since I usually win on my whites and blacks those are priority because if I win with those colors it might increase bids on the birds. I also KNOW I'm showing them, which means by the end of Feb I need to pluck all the feathers I trimmed to give them plenty of time to grow back by the date of the show. I might show one of my black split girls, and we will see if some of the young lavenders are looking good at showtime, but they aren't AS important. My partridge also aren't as important, but I've not had the greatest fertility with them (about 60%) so I retrimmed their rears earlier this week- but haven't had time to confirm fertility so while they might be some bonus eggs- I wouldn't dare list an auction for them. Same with my BBS. Fertility is there but not as high as I'd like- I believe this is because one or two of the girls isn't trimmed well enough.
The lavender/split/porcelain pen on the other hand has rockstar fertility.
I thought all my blue showgirls hatched last summer were boys,... well,... I did end up with one female! Hallelujah!
