NorthernEggtropy
In the Brooder
- Jun 29, 2024
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Our Bluebell Egger went broody and we decided to give it a go. Sadly we didn't have any of her own eggs for her to hatch but we have three other hens and for a few days just put eggs under her when they were laid.
We had 7 eggs. Six hatched and one didn't make it.
Our hens are Barred Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, and Buff Orpington.
I *think* I know who mothered each chick but I've no idea who fathered them and I want to know!
We have two Roos - I think Bielefelder and Olive Egger (photos posted so correct me if I'm wrong, we got all the chicks last year from TSC and half the breeds were not what we asked for so hard to say for sure). The Bielefelder is top Roo and the Olive Egger is a dick and he won't be sticking around but he has had the opportunity to stick it to the hens so we just have no way of knowing.
Pictures:
The four grouped together were born two and two together, two days apart and then the grey chipmunk was born solo a few days later.
There are also some Polish chicks in the bunch whose eggs we bought. Fun group shot.
Close-ups are of the first two who hatched who are two weeks old today.
I will post more pictures as I get them.
I believe the black one has BR mom, the light one has BO mom, and the two brown and one grey chipmunks are all SLW mom. That's from my limited research and has nothing to do with the eggs from which they were hatched because I don't know whose eggs belong to which hen. They are all brown layers. Yes, they have differences but I haven't taken the time to figure that out yet and didn't pay attention to which ones they hatched from anyway.
Any opinions?
Also curious if my OE fathered any if they will give us coloured eggs!
And I'm of course anxious about genders but I don't think any are auto or sex linked (again correct me if I'm wrong, tried to research a bit but it's A LOT!) so will likely just have to wait and see.
Thanks in advance!
We had 7 eggs. Six hatched and one didn't make it.
Our hens are Barred Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, and Buff Orpington.
I *think* I know who mothered each chick but I've no idea who fathered them and I want to know!
We have two Roos - I think Bielefelder and Olive Egger (photos posted so correct me if I'm wrong, we got all the chicks last year from TSC and half the breeds were not what we asked for so hard to say for sure). The Bielefelder is top Roo and the Olive Egger is a dick and he won't be sticking around but he has had the opportunity to stick it to the hens so we just have no way of knowing.
Pictures:
The four grouped together were born two and two together, two days apart and then the grey chipmunk was born solo a few days later.
There are also some Polish chicks in the bunch whose eggs we bought. Fun group shot.
Close-ups are of the first two who hatched who are two weeks old today.
I will post more pictures as I get them.
I believe the black one has BR mom, the light one has BO mom, and the two brown and one grey chipmunks are all SLW mom. That's from my limited research and has nothing to do with the eggs from which they were hatched because I don't know whose eggs belong to which hen. They are all brown layers. Yes, they have differences but I haven't taken the time to figure that out yet and didn't pay attention to which ones they hatched from anyway.
Any opinions?
Also curious if my OE fathered any if they will give us coloured eggs!
And I'm of course anxious about genders but I don't think any are auto or sex linked (again correct me if I'm wrong, tried to research a bit but it's A LOT!) so will likely just have to wait and see.
Thanks in advance!
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