11... King, Kong, Joannie, Jett and Betty are originals. Black, Momma and Double Yellow were hatched by Joannie 2 yrs ago (King sire, dams unknown)
And last year, Momma hatched Angel, Raven and Copper. (King sire, dams unknown)
If I was guessing just by egg shape. Angel, Raven and Black are...
" Can't count my Marans til they hatch" 🤣
At the moment... 19 + the 7 so far that just hatched.
23 eggs left to possibly hatch.
If all eggs hatch...39 👍
I posted these in my thread but wanted to post an update here for others that haven't heard.
Momma has 4 so far from sitting on Betty's eggs and Joannie has 3 so far from Angel's eggs.
Momma....
Joannie...
Tonight or tomorrow night I'll candle the BBS eggs and get 6 under Raven...
Credit...
I was thinking it might be related to Betty (dam mossy pullets) being from hatchery and not knowing her genetics.
I do have quite a few more screenshots I saved from that conversation between @Chooks man and @Punkybrewster related to the mossy pullets. Still researching it......
This...I really like that idea, thank you. I can test both the incubator and Raven to see how she does.
I've never done this, so this will be new. I'll read up on it more tho just to try and get the timing right. From what I have read...just slip them in after dark and monitor Raven for a bit...
I'm stressing because the first hatch was a complete fail 0/22 because actual temp was way low compared to reading, didn't calibrate it. Got it calibrated but last hatch was only 8/22. So not sure what happened there. Ugh...
Ravens a first time broody and not yet a year old but I think my...
I think Raven is committed this time, she's been sitting on eggs since yesterday morning. If so, what timing is that? 🤣
I've had the shipped eggs in incubator since yesterday, but I'm thinking give her another day or 2 to be for positive and if she is, give her the shipped eggs. 🙂
Yes, the 7 week olds are all sired by Kong. Angel, Raven and Copper sired by King. So I'm unclear if any chicks hatching from Kong x Angel could still throw Kings issues. I haven't done any Kong x Raven or Copper yet.
I've got 9 more of Kong x Angels eggs under Joannie because I only got the 1-...
Kong, King, Joannie, Jett and Betty came from Meyers as day olds. Ordered 1 male, 4 females but...I'm sure their not related.
Here's a couple pics of Prince (Kings son) before I re-homed him last year.
Yes, parasitic.. it gets confusing still at times. Thanks for the explanation again.
Meyers hatchery in Ohio, been 4 yrs now so I don't know the quality anymore, but I do have a (I believe 2.40 credit there still) with King being my accidental roo.
Your insight and suggestions is always very...
Thank you very much... You've pointed out some I already knew of course but some I didn't and that helps me to see in him what I should be looking at in others. I'll let it sink in and may have more questions I'm sure.
His width is the main fix I need to concentrate on if I'm working with him...