Spitzhaubens

[Faraday40]

Keep us updated as what ya get!

congrats

Both Spitzes are out of their shells! .... and some of the orps are also hatching. I guess the hatch is just a day early. Both look like the typical silver type and I'm not seeing any orp traits.

I was wondering if these 1st eggs would have orp fathers since Poof Poof was free ranging with them a few days before her boyfriend arrived. Of course, Poof Poof's eggs have never hatched and rarely have the fertile bull's eye, because she doesn't care for my orp boys. Anyway, i couldn't be happier.


Here's the 1st one this morning after drying out.

 

[Finnie]

Both Spitzes are out of their shells! .... and some of the orps are also hatching. I guess the hatch is just a day early. Both look like the typical silver type and I'm not seeing any orp traits.

I was wondering if these 1st eggs would have orp fathers since Poof Poof was free ranging with them a few days before her boyfriend arrived. Of course, Poof Poof's eggs have never hatched and rarely have the fertile bull's eye, because she doesn't care for my orp boys. Anyway, i couldn't be happier.


Here's the 1st one this morning after drying out.
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Congratulations! That's awesome that they are purebreds!

 

[SueT]

Both Spitzes are out of their shells! .... and some of the orps are also hatching. I guess the hatch is just a day early. Both look like the typical silver type and I'm not seeing any orp traits.

I was wondering if these 1st eggs would have orp fathers since Poof Poof was free ranging with them a few days before her boyfriend arrived. Of course, Poof Poof's eggs have never hatched and rarely have the fertile bull's eye, because she doesn't care for my orp boys. Anyway, i couldn't be happier.


Here's the 1st one this morning after drying out.
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Oh what fun!!!!!!

 

[SueT]

Flugel says, "Look girls, I found something good to eat!" Heidi, next to him, says, "Ooooo, let me see!" Greta, on the left, says, "Um, I'm not falling for that."
Heidi sticks to him like glue, Greta usually just heads off on her own.

 

[Finnie]

Picture overload time. Bear with me, it's hard to know which thumbnails on my phone I should click or not click when I upload files. Might err on the side of too many.

So my Spitzhaubens are coming up on 14 weeks. Surely if my pullets are late blooming boys, they can't be much later than this, can they?

Hanni:

Heidi:

Both eating out of the dish (Remembering to bring my phone at feeding time was the only way I could get them out of the weeds for pictures.):

Editing to add Helmut for comparison.

Sven is convalescing. I think I'm going to lose him. I don't know what happened, but he suddenly started stumbling around funny and can't really walk.

 

[SueT]

Caption reads, "Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben places well at the North Dakota State Fair Poultry Show. Reserve Champion over her division, Best of Breed."

 

[SueT]

So my Spitzhaubens are coming up on 14 weeks. Surely if my pullets are late blooming boys, they can't be much later than this, can they?

I would think so! Mine were crowing at 7 weeks.....

 

[Faraday40]

Caption reads, "Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben places well at the North Dakota State Fair Poultry Show. Reserve Champion over her division, Best of Breed."
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Awesome! I didn't think they were a recognized breed in the US, so unable to show. But, I also think they're so pretty & SHOULD be shown off.

 

[SueT]

Awesome! I didn't think they were a recognized breed in the US, so unable to show. But, I also think they're so pretty & SHOULD be shown off.

I thought that too, that they aren't recognized. @Alaskan --do you know?
But I did see one last year in a local county fair, in fact that's where I got interested in the breed. I'm going back to that fair this week, maybe the same person will enter others. I'll talk to the judges.

 

[Alaskan]

No brain function right now... no coffee yet