Spitzhaubens

[JacinLarkwell]

These are my two I got around two weeks ago. The larger one looks pretty nice right now. They're the same age, one just isn't growing much. I'd love guess on gender if anyone has an inkling. They're supposed to be female but the larger one in not sure of

 

[SueT]

In that photo the white eggs look blue... funny

Well I used a flash. Color of photo isn't accurate. The plastic under the eggs is white but part of it looks yellow in photo.

 

[SueT]

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These are my two I got around two weeks ago. The larger one looks pretty nice right now. They're the same age, one just isn't growing much. I'd love guess on gender if anyone has an inkling. They're supposed to be female but the larger one in not sure of

The larger one might be a male, if I look at my old photos, it seems the males were bigger, but it is hard to tell. Be sure to show us more pics as they grow. Boys will get little red wattles before girls, maybe at 7-8 weeks.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Rats! I'm already struggling with rooster spots. I'm hoping they're just big for their age. they're not much bigger than the others. The little one is still the size of a day or two old bantam

 

[Faraday40]

I really had a hard time guessing genders until 6-8 weeks. The little red wattles start to show themselves around 8 weeks and that's the best indicator of having a male. If you're lucky, you may have a male chick "feel" a bit more solid or see a slight pinkish face as early as 6 weeks. However, that only really works if you have 2 of different genders to compare.

For me, our DD is a good rooster indicator. Whichever one she likes best and wants to keep = rooster. LOL

 

[Faraday40]

Usually a week or more of sitting is fine. Less than 5 days of sitting on eggs is risky.

I should add that our veteran broody "Cookie" once sat on ONE egg for 3 days and then adopted all 25 chicks. She must have thought she was 'Superhen.' I certainly would not have tried that with any other broody. She's just amazing.

I have a big hatch due in 2 weeks, so I'm very happy she decided to go broody. 3 doz orps eggs and 1 doz turkey eggs were set. Not all will hatch and the goal is to sell most right away. But for those 1st few days, Cookie will be a busy, bossy mama.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Does anyone know anywhere that sells good spitzhauben eggs? I'll have a tiny bit of room in my incubator in about 2 weeks

 

[SueT]

@Faraday40 and @homeschoolin momma--do you know
re my spitz-sebright eggs---is the small size of egg relative to size of the rooster breed likely to be an issue?

 

[Faraday40]

Does anyone know anywhere that sells good spitzhauben eggs? I'll have a tiny bit of room in my incubator in about 2 weeks

Do you have a local state thread? If you can drive to pick up the eggs, they'll have a much better hatch rate.

 

[Faraday40]

@Faraday40 and @homeschoolin momma--do you know
re my spitz-sebright eggs---is the small size of egg relative to size of the rooster breed likely to be an issue?

Not really. A small egg may cause the chick to hatch out smaller. How much it grows can depend on so many factors - breed is one of them.