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And the incubator at a friends house was incubating other eggs and those hatched just fine
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I ordered 24 from a breeder in Florida and of them only one survived (Cleatus Pictured above). I have talked with a local breeder who has AMAZING Millies and only does a few porcelains. He says it’s because they are hard to hatch... Right now he isn’t hatching anything because of show season and he has no hens and roos together. I was more or less posting this thread to see if anyone knew why they are. Thank you!It may be an issue with the flock you're getting hatching eggs from then. I don't have any experience with the breed but sometimes there are health or genetic issues that cause low hatch rates.
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I ordered 24 from a breeder in Florida and of them only one survived (Cleatus Pictured above). I have talked with a local breeder who has AMAZING Millies and only does a few porcelains. He says it’s because they are hard to hatch... Right now he isn’t hatching anything because of show season and he has no hens and roos together. I was more or less posting this thread to see if anyone knew why they are. Thank you!
Well, yes, it would be hard to hatch infertile eggs......View attachment 1804381
I ordered 24 from a breeder in Florida and of them only one survived (Cleatus Pictured above). I have talked with a local breeder who has AMAZING Millies and only does a few porcelains. He says it’s because they are hard to hatch... Right now he isn’t hatching anything because of show season and he has no hens and roos together. I was more or less posting this thread to see if anyone knew why they are. Thank you!
The woman said she has 6 hens and 1 rooster. And that she has been able to hatch her own rather successfully. I honestly don’t know. I’m talking with the local breeder now and he is saying that in the fall we will put a breeding pen together to see how many will hatch and try to determine the problem. My Ag teacher says she’ll probably give out an extra credit project in the fall semester about itIf only half are fertilized to begin with that is the place to start.....determining the cause for low fertility can be a process of elimination. How old are the breeding birds? M/f ratio? Feed? Environment?
Well, yes, it would be hard to hatch infertile eggs......