Recent content by Blue Eager

Thanks for the photos. You have several hens that look real nice. However, your rooster has quite a bit of mulberry on it's wattles. Here are a couple of photos of my breeding stock. It has taken me 15 years of culling for specific traits to get to this quality.

Love John 3:16!

Do you have a photo of the Cemani parents?

Yupe...both roos.

KIM...that leaves 15 percent it could be a male. Post another detailed pic of its facial profile.

The Cemani on the left is definitely a roo. I'm about 85 percent the one on the right is a pullet.

The only clue at this stage is that 75 percent male are much more flighty than female. Females tend to be very receptive and gentle.

Just as I suspected...😉

Where did you read this/ what was the source?

https://poultrykeeper.com/egg-problems/calcium-coated-shells/

I would suspect removing chicks as they hatch would also help? Of course even this is frowned upon so I guess it's pretty much a trial & error approach?

These are great little incubators. However, humidity goes through the roof once hatching begins, so much so that I lose 1 to 2 eggs in the process. Has anyone else had this problem and if so what measures have you taken to prevent this from happening?

Thank you. It is almost impossible to tell the difference between the BA & BA/CL cross eggs except for one feature; all of my cross hens eggs have distinctive tiny white dots, although few, somewhere on the egg shell. All 5 eggs on the right are from the BA/CL cross. The single egg on the left...

Here are the latest photos of the same Ayam Cemani Roo above & a few of the girls I selected out of 150+ from last years hatch. I am certainly looking forward to this years offspring.

I have decided to abandon this test trial for the following reasons; 1- Anyone who has spent countless hours familiarizing he or herself with this breed can visually arrive at a consensus as to which birds are either a FM1, FM2, or neither. Case in point; my first trial. My theory was that he...