What is it about the Silver Seabright difficult to hatch?

[bigoledude]

I am gathering my components to build what I am hoping will be a first-class incubator. I've always loved the little Silver and the Gold Seabrights. I was disappointed to hear that they are tough to hatch.

What makes them hard to hatch? Is it poor fertilization, thin shells, or what?

Is there any way to get around this or, to improve the odds?

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

I do not know the answer sorry, but will give you a bump and maybe someone who does will see this.

 

[gumbii]

i have a pair of silvers, and want to know the answer as well...


in for info...

 

[ninjascrub69]

Rose combed breeds usually dont have the best fertility, so thats probably the problem.

 

[kickinchicken]

A little Spanish Fly and a romantic dinner might help! I have a golden sebright sitting on a cochin egg right now. She was the last to start laying and the first to go broody. She has no idea that she wasn't supposed to do that. She's picking up those broody habits from the cochins.
From what I know, sebrights "rarely" go broody and are "poor" layers. Um....she didn't get that memo! Gotta get a sebright roo at some point.

 

[8ROYALS]

I did incubate a sebright/ cochin cross. The chick is 3 month old, but looks more cochin then sebright.

 

[Winggedheart]

I heard it was poor fertility, also.

Interested to learn more though..

 

[bigoledude]

C'mon, is anyone hatching Seabrights successfully? Is there some special conditions needed in the incubator? Do certain bloodlines perform better than others?

 

[ginormous chicken]

I have one coming from mypetchicken in April. I bought the pullet specifically because well... it was beautiful looking... but really the post on mypetchicken stated that they were really hard not only to hatch but to rear as a chick because they are so small. I am totally worried the poor pullet is going to get trampled to death in transit to the house.

I am interested if people have info. on breeding.

 

[Gypsy07]

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I had never heard of that before. Went away and googled it and found this study:

http://www.rosecomb.com/federation/articles/infertility.html

Apologies if it's of minimal relevance to this thread, I just found it really interesting...