TINY Mystery Egg!

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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I agree...

I have followed your story on this thread and did you ever take a picture of the egg you hatched Pippin from? I have had several fart egg and most didn't have yolks. I did have one that had a yolk and have wondered if it would have hatched.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/aliedaw1/IMG_0465.jpghttp://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/aliedaw1/IMG_1325.jpg

Cute pics

~ Aspen

 

[Redcatcher]

Here is Pippin nowadays. She just survived a brutal and relentless attack on my flock that killed her father. She will not be let out of the chicken house until I deal with this ....(cuss word omitted).... predator. That is my #1 priority. The other chickens ran off into the field but Pippin made a dash for the house. She is quite an interesting bird. Like a really muscular and hard feathered D'Uccle and not much bigger than one.

 

[littlequail21]

wow i just clicked this page and i was like "Aww so small....wait 2010?!?" then i Fast forwarded to now...Wow what a pretty girl, i hope you find that animal sorry to hear about the break in!

 

[quintinp]

makes you wanna do some terrible things to an innocent animal trying to live in the life cycle , food chain

 

[Gypsy07]

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She looks very gamey to me. Long neck and kind of compact sturdy stance. Is her neck as muscular as it looks or is that muffles and a beard?

 

[fishermans wife]

So nice to get an update! I followed the whole story as it was happening! Sorry to hear of your loss!

 

[billfields]

You've had some rough luck lately Paul---I remember you lost your Gynandromorph just a little while back. Sorry about the attacks on your chickens but Pipin sure turned out to be a beautiful hen. Been following her since she was a mystery egg. I assume she is laying now. She show any sign of wanting to hatch her own brood?

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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She has sure grown into a fine young hen!

~ Aspen

 

[Redcatcher]

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She looks very gamey to me. Long neck and kind of compact sturdy stance. Is her neck as muscular as it looks or is that muffles and a beard?

Good call. Her father was a Tuzo which is very similar to a bantam Asil. To be honest with you, I think Pippin is another gyanandromorph like her sister. Those are not normal hen hackle feathers. She does have a muff from the D'Uccle mother. She may be solid black but there is no rule that says gynandromorphs have to be split in color.

 

[Redcatcher]

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She had been sitting on some eggs in a nest in the corner of the chicken house and a neighbor came over a couple of weeks ago wanting to show the chickens to his nieces. Well, they came to the door awhile later and handed me a bucket full of eggs. They thought they were doing me a favor by going around and picking them all up. Pippin was in a total panic and even went into another chicken house looking for her eggs. I decided not to set them back under her and was going to toss them all. Later that evening, I went ahead and candled them anyway and they had chicks in them. I could not bring myself to toss them, after all, and since I was incubating silkied Ameraucana eggs, I set them all together in there. I am not even sure why I did it. If I had not though, all of her eggs would have been destroyed for certain. My guess is that her father will be the father of the chicks. There were four roosters in there together but the Tuzo pretty much kept the others at bay.