- Mar 28, 2011
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From my hatch of Huastec I got a black skinned white from the remaining pinkish egg. Do you think the whites come from the lighter eggs? If so I would like to get more of those sometime. If not, I really love the blue Huastec eggs, sooo different than the other blue eggs. Also two black chicks from blue eggs, both with a sheen of fiery red in the head and neck, one more than the other. One blue egg quit at the very end. They hatched about 20 days, took off running right out of the shell - very hardy.
The Sweet Potato Quechua are larger, roly-poly, weaker type newborns - need to rest more at first, gain slower than the Huastecs. They hatch later than a standard 21 days, more like 22. one finally came out tonight at 23 days. I think it would have died without help. Two striped brown chipmunk like, one is lighter and the other like a chocolate bar brown. The other two are not stripey, they seem mottled - one bluish brown, the other has a creamy under body. It will probably change as they grow out. One of those quit at the end too.
I've got some from South Americans cooking under a couple of broodys from ChooksChick also, hope some of them are Huastecs, some of the eggs looked similar. None will be the Bigger egg types. I got some of her silkied Ameraucanas to live with the SPQ too. Having fun with this...
The Sweet Potato Quechua are larger, roly-poly, weaker type newborns - need to rest more at first, gain slower than the Huastecs. They hatch later than a standard 21 days, more like 22. one finally came out tonight at 23 days. I think it would have died without help. Two striped brown chipmunk like, one is lighter and the other like a chocolate bar brown. The other two are not stripey, they seem mottled - one bluish brown, the other has a creamy under body. It will probably change as they grow out. One of those quit at the end too.
I've got some from South Americans cooking under a couple of broodys from ChooksChick also, hope some of them are Huastecs, some of the eggs looked similar. None will be the Bigger egg types. I got some of her silkied Ameraucanas to live with the SPQ too. Having fun with this...