Araucanas! Not only do chicks that are homozygous for the tufting gene always die in shell, I found out through research reading studies that heterozygous chicks for tufting have their chance of dying in shell increased by 20%. Talk about a lethal gene!
ex... something something leghorns
ive tryed and tryed and tryed 21 eggs and they just stop growing halfway through encubation ive tryed my encubator ive tryed a broody hen everything but they just Wont HATCH for me URG!!! im gettig frustrated just thinking about it... trying again next spring.
I've only tried regular eggs... but sometimes... they are a BEAR!!!
I have seramas in now, from a grab bag... I hear they can be hard... so I figure they won't hatch... hehe...