So we have had five eggs hatch recently out of six, which is amazing because we usually get three or four (one or two don't develop and later some can't hatch). This time they all developed, and only one couldn't hatch.
Anyway, since it's difficult to keep track of who lays what and what hatches out of what, I wondered if anyone here could make a rough match.
The eggs I put were:
2 easter eggers (green)
1 white leghorn
1 barred rock
1 (suspected) andalusian x
1 empordanesa
The only one that didn't hatch was a beige egg, but but I'm not sure if it's the barred rock or "andalusian". Inside was a black-ish chick that didn't quite make it.
The rooster is an easter egger of unknown mix. We also have a Barred Rock rooster, but he's young and I'm not sure if he's got the confidence to mount the hens in front of the older one.
The hen's got a funny comb. Funny enough to be an easter egger?
Grey one
Small black one
Bigger black one (only one good pic)
"Marked" yellow
Pure Yellow
My own guesses are...
that the pale and marked yellows came from the empordanesa and white leghorn eggs (but not sure which is which).
The grey one may have come from the andalusian x, though perhaps it's a Barred Rock x, depending on which egg didn't make it.
One black one may have come from a green egg, and I suspect the other one may do too (we had one non-broody easter egger at the time I collected who's black).
Anyway, since it's difficult to keep track of who lays what and what hatches out of what, I wondered if anyone here could make a rough match.
The eggs I put were:
2 easter eggers (green)
1 white leghorn
1 barred rock
1 (suspected) andalusian x
1 empordanesa
The only one that didn't hatch was a beige egg, but but I'm not sure if it's the barred rock or "andalusian". Inside was a black-ish chick that didn't quite make it.
The rooster is an easter egger of unknown mix. We also have a Barred Rock rooster, but he's young and I'm not sure if he's got the confidence to mount the hens in front of the older one.
The hen's got a funny comb. Funny enough to be an easter egger?
Grey one
Small black one
Bigger black one (only one good pic)
"Marked" yellow
Pure Yellow
My own guesses are...
that the pale and marked yellows came from the empordanesa and white leghorn eggs (but not sure which is which).
The grey one may have come from the andalusian x, though perhaps it's a Barred Rock x, depending on which egg didn't make it.
One black one may have come from a green egg, and I suspect the other one may do too (we had one non-broody easter egger at the time I collected who's black).