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White large fowl hens
John:
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Sometimes it just has to do with the varieties/strains. I hatch 10 varieties of chicks and some hatch at different times. Half or more of the bantam lavenders from coop #1 pipped at 19 days and hatched over the next 12 hours, while last week some bantam buffs from coop #3 weren't pipped until 21 1/2 days.
DeWayne Edgin:
Well i have a Blue hen with a Blue rooster. I am trying to get a splash chick. Any way last month i had eggs hatch from my Buffs and my Brown Reds on day 21. I didn't have time to clean my incubator so i left it run. On day 24 i went to clean it and i picked up a Blue egg and it was chirping. I put it back in and it hatched on day 25. Last week i took the left over eggs out to clean my other incubator and was cracking them open to see how long they made it till they died. One of my Blue eggs had a live chick in which died since i opened it. My third incubator was due to hatch last Friday. Nine chicks hatched on Thursday (day 20). I left the eggs run that were left and tonight ( day 23 ) my Blue egg pipped and another is rocking. The Blue hen is only one year old and the Blue rooster is only about 6 months old. Does any one think that maybe these birds are young and that it may be the reason for the chicks developing slow?
Jean:
--- Quote from: John on April 14, 2013, 02:42:35 PM ---
--- Quote ---Last weeks chicks were very late
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Sometimes it just has to do with the varieties/strains. I hatch 10 varieties of chicks and some hatch at different times. Half or more of the bantam lavenders from coop #1 pipped at 19 days and hatched over the next 12 hours, while last week some bantam buffs from coop #3 weren't pipped until 21 1/2 days.
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John,
That was my fifth batch of chicks this year, they all hatch over a 2 day window. I don't generally keep late hatchers, etc because it throws off the next generation. There is definately an issue with my hatcher as I lost lots of my goslings in it last year.
DeWayne Edgin:
http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/Dewayne069/media/White%20hen/Picture8461_zps63ef18d5.jpg.html I finally got my White large fowl hen!! But she hasn't laid an egg in three weeks now! O well i will keep waiting on her.
Mike Gilbert:
She looks like a dandy DeWayne. Good shank coloring, good tail, can't see her comb from the side view, all good indications. When birds are moved they frequently stop laying for a time. Let us know how she does for you.
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