Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[AusHen]

I have my eggs!!!! I'm very happy with how they were packed, now to let them settle

 

[AusHen]

Ahhhh noo. took them out of the tissue paper and I have my first fatality, one of the Marans is broken

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

To be completely honest I don’t know. I would think they are or at least I will breed them with the idea that they are that way I don’t do it for x amount of generations. I will do more research before attempting of course. I got them back in March 2019 from TSC.

Thank you everyone for the input. I will go and finish the video to see if I get some insight

I am no pro so don’t quote me, but if I didn’t know how closely related the birds were, I probably wouldn’t back cross more than once. I may be inclined to not back cross at all, but I’m a worrier. For the birds I’m breeding I found completely unrelated hens and roosters so I can backcross once or twice without worrying. But I need to research more about line breeding myself so these are just my thoughts.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

I've been trying to learn about breeding and genetics as I have a couple projects I'm interested in starting and it IS a bit overwhelming!

This one seemed like a good intro to starting with a trio:

I'm sure there are lots of good threads, too!

Thanks for posting this video. Very helpful. Maybe I’ll be able to back cross more than I thought.

 

[gmjarvi]

Thanks for posting this video. Very helpful. Maybe I’ll be able to back cross more than I thought.

My very hazy understanding is that chicken genetics are not quite like mammalian genetics, and they can generally tolerate more back crossing than mammals. But I am still very much learning and could be misunderstanding something .

 

[gimmie birdies]

It is 5'o'clock somewhere...and so is my incubator.

 

[Mosey2003]

45 eggs in tonight

 

[Mvan42]

Is it Saturday yet............ Hatch days never come fast enough *sigh*

 

[FortCluck]

I forgot to say... I HAVE AN INTERNAL PIP!!!! I've never been so excited to see a chick until these polish sebright crosses

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I forgot to say... I HAVE AN INTERNAL PIP!!!! I've never been so excited to see a chick until these polish sebright crosses

I bet they're going to grow out beautiful!