The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Scrambles55]

Babies!!!

 

[MontanaDolphin]

Mountain, your teeny tots are adorable! I have some silkies in. Hoping for a couple of paints, and Blue Splash.

What's a splash, and what's a paint??? LOL...I have never looked into Silkies...they were thrown in with the eggs I bought locally!!

 

[MontanaDolphin]

WARNING!!! GRAPHIC IMAGES!!!


While I was pulling babies out of the bator, I candled a couple of eggs...when I put my LF eggs into lockdown with the rest, their air cells hadn't drawn down yet, so I had no idea which end should be facing up. One of the three I candled had pipped upside down, and there was dried blood on the spot. When I candled it, there was no movement. So I opened it up just a tad to be able to feel the chick, and it was warm but a bit stiff, and no movement when I poked. I went ahead and opened it all the way, and this is what I found:

She obviously drowned in her own blood. There was blood IN her nostril, as well as on her face.


With the unabsorbed yolk, I am guessing she pipped way to early...which seems to be happening with a LOT of my chicks.


Now for the question I have. This chick's dad is an EE roo. The mama is a Barred Rock or Commercial Black, which looks exactly like a Barred Rock, but it's a cross between a BR and an unknown hatchery breed. I was told that the chicks would come out looking like a BR chick...black, with boys having the yellow dot on their heads. So...how in the WORLD did this one end up yellow???? There are NO other Roos to mount the hens, except a Chocolate Orpington Bantam, which I doubt happened because non of the girls let him anywhere near them.

 

[Cynthia12]

What's a splash, and what's a paint??? LOL...I have never looked into Silkies...they were thrown in with the eggs I bought locally!!

One of my past blue splash girls. Loved her!

 

[MontanaDolphin]

One of my past blue splash girls. Loved her!

Ooooo!!!! GORGEOUS!!! Would the yellow one in my photos with the black spots be considered a splash??

 

[Cynthia12]

Here is a paint I found online..one of yours has spots..it may be a paint. Found this one online.

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh yes, it could be a splash, or a paint.

 

[Holladay chicks]

I hatched 15 so far. I will wait a day or two to see if anything develops. I lost about 15 eggs so far.

 

[LDeBona]

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Hatched this cute little chick out of a Blue Copper Marans egg. I have a Blue Copper roo over blue and black hens. This one is much lighter than the other blues. Is this a Splash??

 

[LDeBona]

Here is another shot.

Thanks

Leslie