St. Patty's Day Green Egg Hatchalong, Set 2/25

[2seth2]

has anyone ever herd tapping when putting and egg up to thier ear?

 

[what did I do]

I am bummed, I only had 19 chicks hatch and most of them were not out of green eggs. My biggest disappointment is that they are almost all white or shades of white. I have two chicks that show barred rock markings but the others are nondescript. They may change as they grow, I hope. I had no idea that a rooster made such a difference in the color of the chicks. I thought the roosters coloring would show up in the color of the eggs. I was wanting some colorful chicks. Oh well, live and learn. It was neat to hatch a barnyard mix.

I only had 6 green eggs hatch and only one has stripes on it. Many of the chicks have black dots on them. One is a strange color of white... anyway it is interesting. BTW, my green egg chicks came from a black and white hen and a light to medium colored hen. I guess that is why they are void of color.

 

[BroosterSpringsteen]

I am bummed, I only had 19 chicks hatch and most of them were not out of green eggs. My biggest disappointment is that they are almost all white or shades of white. I have two chicks that show barred rock markings but the others are nondescript. They may change as they grow, I hope. I had no idea that a rooster made such a difference in the color of the chicks. I thought the roosters coloring would show up in the color of the eggs. I was wanting some colorful chicks. Oh well, live and learn. It was neat to hatch a barnyard mix.



I only had 6 green eggs hatch and only one has stripes on it. Many of the chicks have black dots on them. One is a strange color of white... anyway it is interesting. BTW, my green egg chicks came from a black and white hen and a light to medium colored hen. I guess that is why they are void of color.

White is an interesting color in chicken genetics. Most white chickens are carrying dominant white. Hatching eggs from a dominant white roo or hen will always produce chicks in shades of white, no matter what color the other chicken is. Dominant white isn't very good at covering up certain colors though, so the chickens will most likely feather out with some red or black color leakage, hence all your different shades of white. Recessive white is far less common, but better at masking other colors, creating a pure white chicken.

Your chicks sure are cute! They look like little clouds.

I have 5 eggs left in the bator. One of them has pipped. This is one of the longest hatches I've ever had. I need to clean out the bator. I have more eggs coming this week!

 

[fduncan]

I am bummed, I only had 19 chicks hatch and most of them were not out of green eggs. My biggest disappointment is that they are almost all white or shades of white. I have two chicks that show barred rock markings but the others are nondescript. They may change as they grow, I hope. I had no idea that a rooster made such a difference in the color of the chicks. I thought the roosters coloring would show up in the color of the eggs. I was wanting some colorful chicks. Oh well, live and learn. It was neat to hatch a barnyard mix.



I only had 6 green eggs hatch and only one has stripes on it. Many of the chicks have black dots on them. One is a strange color of white... anyway it is interesting. BTW, my green egg chicks came from a black and white hen and a light to medium colored hen. I guess that is why they are void of color.

Congrats on you 19 chick's they sure are cute

I've got 2 out of 4 pipped this morning and the other 2 are moving cant wait to see if they look anything like their half brother I hatched last weekend

 

[Cotton42]

I am bummed, I only had 19 chicks hatch and most of them were not out of green eggs. My biggest disappointment is that they are almost all white or shades of white. I have two chicks that show barred rock markings but the others are nondescript. They may change as they grow, I hope. I had no idea that a rooster made such a difference in the color of the chicks. I thought the roosters coloring would show up in the color of the eggs. I was wanting some colorful chicks. Oh well, live and learn. It was neat to hatch a barnyard mix.



I only had 6 green eggs hatch and only one has stripes on it. Many of the chicks have black dots on them. One is a strange color of white... anyway it is interesting. BTW, my green egg chicks came from a black and white hen and a light to medium colored hen. I guess that is why they are void of color.

Sorry you're bummed.

This waiting is going to kill me. I checked under my broody about 30 minutes ago and nothing. I can't even hear anything coming from underneath her, I sure hope this hatch isn't a bust. Come on baby chickies!!! I need more olive eggers!!

 

[Cotton42]

Oh, and Happy St. Patty's Day!!

 

[redriver]

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Good luck to all of you hatching. My hatch ended last night with an olive egg hatching early in the morning! 31 chicks in all!

 

[what did I do]

White is an interesting color in chicken genetics. Most white chickens are carrying dominant white. Hatching eggs from a dominant white roo or hen will always produce chicks in shades of white, no matter what color the other chicken is. Dominant white isn't very good at covering up certain colors though, so the chickens will most likely feather out with some red or black color leakage, hence all your different shades of white. Recessive white is far less common, but better at masking other colors, creating a pure white chicken.  

Your chicks sure are cute! They look like little clouds.

I have 5 eggs left in the bator. One of them has pipped. This is one of the longest hatches I've ever had. I need to clean out the bator. I have more eggs coming this week!

Thanks, Brooster Springsteen, The chicks do have little patches of color in them. I really want to see what they end up feathering out to look like. I have some chicks that are very white and others that are more yellow and many that are yellow with little spots on them. It is interesting. Do you know what color of eggs they might lay? will they lay white eggs or lighter shades of brown and green?

 

[Blarneyeggs]

has anyone ever herd tapping when putting and egg up to thier ear?

Absolutely! That's how I check em before discarding. Give em a tap, and if they tap back...we have a live chick!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I am bummed, I only had 19 chicks hatch and most of them were not out of green eggs. My biggest disappointment is that they are almost all white or shades of white. I have two chicks that show barred rock markings but the others are nondescript. They may change as they grow, I hope. I had no idea that a rooster made such a difference in the color of the chicks. I thought the roosters coloring would show up in the color of the eggs. I was wanting some colorful chicks. Oh well, live and learn. It was neat to hatch a barnyard mix.

I only had 6 green eggs hatch and only one has stripes on it. Many of the chicks have black dots on them. One is a strange color of white... anyway it is interesting. BTW, my green egg chicks came from a black and white hen and a light to medium colored hen. I guess that is why they are void of color.

My incubator looks like the polar opposite, everyone is black and there are 2 yellow! Of course this means that my MF are hatching out black, Dad is primarily mottled, so the black is not desirable, but understandable.