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Wow...kangaroos from chicken eggs! (I just had to say that) Oh Ha Ha. LOL!
I wonder if it\'s coincidence or not?
My guess would be yes.
Well.. yes, that would be mine, too!
Is this just a characteristic of Ameraucana eggs?
No, but it is a characteristic that may happen more often with rarer breeds such as Ameraucanas. We know that we should only set eggs that are of proper shape and size, but because we want every chick we can hatch during a hatching season we sometimes will set every egg. It would be like having a dodo bird in a zoo that lays an egg. No matter what it looks like the zoo would try to hatch that egg, because it is rare and may not have another chance (Ja, I know the local zoo doesn\'t have any dodos either). With larger flocks we generally have more eggs and can be fussier about which eggs go into the incubators.
Yes, unfortunately I only have a few Ameraucanas. I\'d love to have more, but.. I\'m TRYING to get quality at this point. I\'ve got a really, really nice ROO(ster). Which brings me to...
First I was concentrating on just plain NICE chickens. Chickens that came from show stock, that fit the Standard, and had been given the nod by the local chicken expert around here.
Then.. it was blue eggs.. not GREEN eggs, but trying to get more of a BLUE or at least blue/gree then a green. Im there. I have nice hens that consistently lay nice blue or blue green eggs... I\'m still working on blueER but.. I\'m happy.
NOW it seems... I\'m not getting great EGG shape. ARGH. I suppose this is sort of a neverending quest. Especially when you can\'t raise a hundred chickens.
Am I approaching this right? Am I doing things BACKWARDS? (Gosh, that NEVER happens with me! ~cough~) Anybody want to share their thoughts and feelings on the above? LOL! Thanks, folks! Luoodles