The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[WallyG74]

Maybe even had a few cold fries with that beer.

 

[troyer]

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I absolutely love this! I am working on understanding genetics. I can read about and study genetics on paper or online, but I've gotten so many out of the ordinary colors that "should not" have happened that I am more into believing what I see and experience rather than what the genetics classes tell me to believe.
Don't understand me wrongly, genetics information is good and works, but for some reason I get some of the "hey that shouldn't happen" scenarios and no one knows why it did. Just goes to show that "we" haven't gotten everything figured out and I love it that way.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

My pheonix flock is the same way

I absolutely love this! I am working on understanding genetics. I can read about and study genetics on paper or online, but I've gotten so many out of the ordinary colors that "should not" have happened that I am more into believing what I see and experience rather than what the genetics classes tell me to believe

 

[The Moonshiner]

What's the blonde one?

Splash gold duckwing

 

[ColtHandorf]

Does anybody have chicks hatching absurdly early?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Not much. Most are late day 20 through early day 21.
I have one pen that seems every week starts about 1 day earlier then all the rest.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Not much. Most are late day 20 through early day 21.
I have one pen that seems every week starts about 1 day earlier then all the rest.

It's been over 100 degrees here every day for entirely too long. There's a reason my ancestors are fair-skinned. I'm not genetically equipped to deal with this. Anyway, I've had chicks hatching 5-7 days early in the incubators. I think the eggs are incubating in the nests without hens. It's the only thing I can think of to explain chicks popping out on days 16-17. This last batch shouldn't have hatched until this coming Sunday. And they started yesterday morning.

 

[The Moonshiner]

It's been 94° - 97° quite a bit here. I think we've had one day below 90°.
Egg production has dropped and hatch rate has too. I don't think it's good on the eggs in that heat before I get them collected.
If you're over 100° yours might be starting soon after they're laid. Are you storing them for a while before starting them?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's been over 100 degrees here every day for entirely too long. There's a reason my ancestors are fair-skinned. I'm not genetically equipped to deal with this. Anyway, I've had chicks hatching 5-7 days early in the incubators. I think the eggs are incubating in the nests without hens. It's the only thing I can think of to explain chicks popping out on days 16-17. This last batch shouldn't have hatched until this coming Sunday. And they started yesterday morning.

I had that happen last year. Chick didn't make it cause it shrinkwrapped and was stepped on before I found it, but it must have been one I missed when emptying a broody nest that quit

 

[JacinLarkwell]

My two leghorns I still have stopped laying yesterday and no egg today either. Thinking my production will drop soon all over