Recent content by Hannah15

Hi, I'm looking for a couple nice quality mille fleur d'uccle hens. I might talk about porcelains too, because my lone rooster is less than ideal. I'm located in Nebraska, but would be open to traveling for the right birds (within reason), or shipping.

Actually, now that I think of it, since the pied chick that is obviously the purple male's chick is pied, that chick MUST have gotten the pied gene from the purple, and therefore MUST have gotten the white gene from the opal hen. So she is clearly split white. But the opal cock could be split...

I said that I assumed that they were split white. I have no idea what they carry other than the obvious opal and white eye. (And the purple male obviously carries purple and one pied gene.) But, regardless, if the purple is father, he IS split pied, which could provide the pied gene that they...

Okay, thanks so much!

Okay. Thanks! Should they have had color when they hatched? I figured I would see a dot or something, and I did look since I got the other pied chick. Maybe they are opal silver pieds, since those chicks are so much lighter? I have no particular reason to believe the parents are split black...

Oddly, when I opened the window and let natural light in, I couldn't even identify which chick had the wing that I thought looked black shoulder "yellow". Also, note that they are kind of dirty. I assume they have been underneath other roosting chicks at times. :rolleyes:

I have a pair of opal white eyed pea's with an extra purple split to pied cock (as in, he carries one pied gene and no white gene, his father was dark pied) penned together. I got one loud or silver pied chick that is either India blue or purple. This isn't that surprising, apparently one or...

To me, that egg doesn't look dead (at least not for very long). Usually when you can still see veins like that they are either alive or very recently dead. I don't think the air cell looks like a day 21 egg though. Usually the air cell becomes larger and more "slanted" by that point (unless...

I should clarify my post... Mine are NOT fragile physically. They are full of attitude, and don't tend to get injured. (I guess, I didn't consider this could be referring to two different things... I thought the original post was clear in referencing health problems.) My issue is that my...

None of mine are from a hatchery, and yes, I find them to be pretty fragile. I pretty much just plan for losses. Mine came from quite a ways away, but it seems like after a couple of generations on my property, they are a little better. :idunno I agree that it is VERY frustrating, but I've...

Hi. Thanks for the post. Hopefully, I'll answer everything. They are Belgian d'Uccles and yes they eat the same thing. There is one rooster over four hens (and yes, there are at least three hens that were laying). The problem is that they are a new-ish color (to the US), so it is not...

No. I've used the incubators before, and trust the thermometers. Further, the other eggs in the same incubators (at the same time) are developing at a normal rate. Thanks though. :)

Hi, I have a bunch of eggs in a couple of incubators at the moment (an Rcom and a Brinsea, so good quality). Most of the eggs are doing great, and temp and humidity have never been a problem. However, the eggs from one specific breeding pen are not developing well. They receive the same care...

Personally, I find that all of my chicks (including peachicks) are relatively quiet if they are happy. If they start chirping a lot, I start looking for the cause (cold, sick, hungry, thirsty, etc.).