The inevitable humidity question, day before lockdown, help please!

[aart]

@oregonkat here she is at 5 weeks, crest is growing out.

Got more hatching in the bator today, first of 6 is a GIRL!!

 

[oregonkat]

Hee Hee, she's lovely. I will get pics of my two girls, complete twins, I cannot tell them apart also with the tuft on top.

 

[WVduckchick]

I sold 6 BCMs from my hatch of 17, so I have 11 now. At least 3 are cockerels, jury is still out on maybe 1 more. Their coop addition gets started this weekend.
This one is definitely the top dog.

 

[oregonkat]

Yup, my cockerels are looking pretty much the same as yours. I still have 1 little hen that is STILL about the 4 week mark size wise to these guys. She also has a really, really long neck, maybe from trying to be as tall as her hatchmates? I'll get pic of her too.

 

[aart]

Yep, her 3 brothers are unmistakable even tho I knew they were boys from the day that they hatched. Another BCMxCCL just pipped in the bator!

 

[oregonkat]

I am excited for you my friend. I just hatched out (last Friday) some BLRW chicks, mostly splash which is a big disappointment but I guess I'll have to wait and see how red they get before passing judgement! Good luck with the hatch, please post how it goes and what you end up with.

 

[oregonkat]

@aart, is it just me or is your pullet looking like she has some beautiful blue tint in her feathers?

 

[aart]

@aart, is it just me or is your pullet looking like she has some beautiful blue tint in her feathers?

Hmmmm...maybe.
The Marans I have are not the most carefully bred birds.
Out of the eggs I hatched there were several blues...so could be.

Bummer news...now that the BCMxCCL that hatched yesterday is totally dry
I'm afraid there's a bit of a white spot in it's head. One more has hatched early this morn and is still pretty wet, head looks black but now I'm hesitant to call it.

 

[WVduckchick]

Hmmmm...maybe.
The Marans I have are not the most carefully bred birds.
Out of the eggs I hatched there were several blues...so could be.

Bummer news...now that the BCMxCCL that hatched yesterday is totally dry
I'm afraid there's a bit of a white spot in it's head. One more has hatched early this morn and is still pretty wet, head looks black but now I'm hesitant to call it.

How many more do you have to hatch? You're making Olive Eggers, was that your goal with the cross? Got anything else in there?

 

[aart]

How many more do you have to hatch? You're making Olive Eggers, was that your goal with the cross? Got anything else in there?

4 more BCMxCCL, one other pipped yesterday but no progress....yet. I know those pips can be apparently 'dead' until it zips and pops. Time will tell.
Yes, guaranteed OE was the goal(was using EE before)and the sexlink is a bonus and just luck that there is a CCL breeder right in my town as I don't want to deal with shipping birds or eggs and can't really afford high priced breeds. Getting 3 more CCL pullet chicks from him, hopefully today. Wanted to do this from the start 4 years ago, now finally have pure breeds. Would love to sell OE pullet chicks.

Also have 5 of 6 olive eggs hatched(from Welsummer x blue laying EE) sired by BCM, gotta wait 6 weeks for M to F ratio, then 6 months to see what they lay.

And there are 5 Marans eggs in there too out of the 1 Marans hens I have, tho I'm not impressed with her plumage. Brittle feathers I think, her tail and butt are almost bare and no bugs.....might just be picking, but still think feathers are 'weak'.

@oregonkat thanks for letting me 'take over' your thread, so nice to commune with you and WVD...I'm not much of a chatter, until I am. Time to go sort some chicks gonna pull the dry ones, band them, and pop em in the brooder.