Silky hatch-along and OdoBan on eggs experiment

[2ndTink]

I see. Well, that just helps things . Yeah, not getting a second incubator

But, it's for

 

[Debbie292d]

Well, the paint silkie hatching eggs didn't show up yesterday as USPS said (what's new) but hopefully today.

I learned a lot about these cuckoo baby chicks though. For instance, a cuckoo silkie rooster is way more valuable than a hen because the cuckoo rooster can breed either another cuckoo or a black hen and make more cuckoos, whereas the cuckoo hen can only make cuckoos if bred with a cuckoo male. I may just go into the cuckoo silkie business then!

Here's my lovelies. I marked the Odoban ones in one of the photos. Ember the third one and three others of these went to a nice lady named Laura who also took my 3 three month olds. She knows about Ember and thinks that's so cool and thinks she might have a famous chicken someday. We'll keep in touch on that one.

 

[2ndTink]

Well, the paint silkie hatching eggs didn't show up yesterday as USPS said (what's new) but hopefully today.

I learned a lot about these cuckoo baby chicks though. For instance, a cuckoo silkie rooster is way more valuable than a hen because the cuckoo rooster can breed either another cuckoo or a black hen and make more cuckoos, whereas the cuckoo hen can only make cuckoos if bred with a cuckoo male. I may just go into the cuckoo silkie business then!

Here's my lovelies. I marked the Odoban ones in one of the photos. Ember the third one and three others of these went to a nice lady named Laura who also took my 3 three month olds. She knows about Ember and thinks that's so cool and thinks she might have a famous chicken someday. We'll keep in touch on that one.


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That's cool about the cuckoos! I know that about them. So kinda similar-ish to a chocolate rooster, as you can get chocolate pullets from just a chocolate rooster, but a chocolate hen needs a chocolate rooster to produce anything chocolate. I have a black split cockerel so a small chance of a chocolate pullet in the eggs that will hatch this weekend

Ember is indeed very likely to be famous, what a little glowing spark I'm so glad you found a great home for them!

 

[Debbie292d]

That's cool about the cuckoos! I know that about them. So kinda similar-ish to a chocolate rooster, as you can get chocolate pullets from just a chocolate rooster, but a chocolate hen needs a chocolate rooster to produce anything chocolate. I have a black split cockerel so a small chance of a chocolate pullet in the eggs that will hatch this weekend

Ember is indeed very likely to be famous, what a little glowing spark I'm so glad you found a great home for them!

What's odd is they are frizzled but they don't count as normal frizzles do for breeding for some reason. I sadly had gotten rid of three gorgeous frizzle roosters so I'd never breed frizzle to frizzle. I don't understand what the difference is but it's fine as long as I know what I can and can't breed.

I'm excited to find out if you get any chocolate pullets!

The chocolate hens w/ mauve roo in the pen here will make mauve or chocolate straight run, and Marsha's will be mauve & choco splash pullets, blue & splash split chocolate cockerels. I may keep one of those cockerels or just wait as I can put my black hen in there as I'd rather have a black roo yet and he'd be split chocolate.

The mauve roo and black hen = 25% Blue males carrying chocolate, 25% Black males carrying chocolate, 25% Mauve females, 25% Chocolate females. My black hen went broody yesterday so I should just put her in there anyway and maybe that'll break her lol.
So confusing sometimes but gosh isn't it fun?

 

[2ndTink]

What's odd is they are frizzled but they don't count as normal frizzles do for breeding for some reason. I sadly had gotten rid of three gorgeous frizzle roosters so I'd never breed frizzle to frizzle. I don't understand what the difference is but it's fine as long as I know what I can and can't breed.

I'm excited to find out if you get any chocolate pullets!

The chocolate hens w/ mauve roo in the pen here will make mauve or chocolate straight run, and Marsha's will be mauve & choco splash pullets, blue & splash split chocolate cockerels. I may keep one of those cockerels or just wait as I can put my black hen in there as I'd rather have a black roo yet and he'd be split chocolate.

The mauve roo and black hen = 25% Blue males carrying chocolate, 25% Black males carrying chocolate, 25% Mauve females, 25% Chocolate females. My black hen went broody yesterday so I should just put her in there anyway and maybe that'll break her lol.
So confusing sometimes but gosh isn't it fun?

Definitely fun! Oops, I meant I didn't know that about cuckoos... sheesh, I need to start proof reading my posts

I've read about the mauve genetics but I just don't remember them, I always have to double check that one chocolate color combo results post. So Marsha will produce chicks that you know their gender at hatch!?! That's awesome, and complicated

Heck, if we lived closer together and there were other things not complicating things, I have a couple black cockerels, 2 at least of the 5 black silkies I have. I'm not even sure I need 1 I have 2 black eggs going to hatch this weekend, plus a paint egg, that could hatch black. I may use one black cockerel, mayne to make blues, or maybe with paints. I know the 5 from the breeder I got in December are silver based blacks so from what I've heard they will make great paints once I'm NPIP, I could ship you some true black hatching eggs, but thats a ways out still.

 

[Debbie292d]

I think they lost my paint silkie eggs! They were slated to be here Monday. Nothing yet and tracking doesn't give a date anymore, just says they are running late but still en route to the destination. That $100 insurance doesn't cover if they show up weeks late and unviable.

 

[2ndTink]

I think they lost my paint silkie eggs! They were slated to be here Monday. Nothing yet and tracking doesn't give a date anymore, just says they are running late but still en route to the destination. That $100 insurance doesn't cover if they show up weeks late and unviable.

No! Not ok come on USPS, get it together.


Sending a doozy for you in return as you did for me ❤

 

[TwoCrows]

I think they lost my paint silkie eggs! They were slated to be here Monday. Nothing yet and tracking doesn't give a date anymore, just says they are running late but still en route to the destination. That $100 insurance doesn't cover if they show up weeks late and unviable.

Keep us posted Debbie!

 

[Debbie292d]

Just an update: Tink's got a USPS friend that's going to try find those, and meanwhile, the seller is sending another dozen in the morning. I have my own to hatch, so once we get these all in the same place, I'll set! It's been aggravating but nothing we can do about the USPS I guess. I wish we could ship eggs another way!

Edit: It's left Chicago!! Getting closer! 4 days late and counting!
Edit: It left Oshkosh (WI) early this morning (2/15) which is an hour from here. Nearly 12 hours later, no word.
Edit: 2/16 Got 'em! 4 days later than originally said. Oh well. She's shipping another box too, plus Tinks are on the way. We'll have plenty between them all.

 

[Nomadicus]

I just got my incubator #1 fired up tonight. Just my eggs. I'm not ordering any more hatching eggs until the weather is warmer. At least the first week of April. I want more silkies in the worst kind of way but out of the five I have I'm hoping for at least 2 future mama hens.

I have 6 big Cornish cross ladies that I found out tonight can't be replaced. The particular # of the cross I have is not being sold this year. I may have to go with a few of the Jumbo Cornish cross girls this time and see if I can get them to laying age also. Meanwhile the 6 I have will get extra good care to keep them healthy and laying. If my silkies are as gentle and easy going as my Cornish cross hens are they will be very special.