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Breeding / Re: Wheaten woes
« Last post by Tailfeathers on May 21, 2024, 07:08:32 PM »I'll simply say that I maintained a closed-flock of WBS for 15yrs without ever experiencing that problem. Then the HPAI hit and all my birds were put down. I don't wanna go into detail here but I was able to salvage my bloodline so it wasn't lost. I'm about to set my first eggs from a Quad. They're not the quality I had before all my birds were put down. I'd say 2-3yrs behind where I was but it's a start.
My Am's have always hate the worst of my hatch rates but that's primarily been because of porous eggs that develop bloodrings. Don't recall any real problem with quitters and definitely don't recall any kind of positioning problem. I've actually not heard of that before with any Wheatens but I haven't been keeping up with what others are doing near as much as I used to. Pretty much not at all.
Have you been able to identify whether the quitters are coming from a particular hen? I think that'd be one of the first things I'd look into.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
My Am's have always hate the worst of my hatch rates but that's primarily been because of porous eggs that develop bloodrings. Don't recall any real problem with quitters and definitely don't recall any kind of positioning problem. I've actually not heard of that before with any Wheatens but I haven't been keeping up with what others are doing near as much as I used to. Pretty much not at all.
Have you been able to identify whether the quitters are coming from a particular hen? I think that'd be one of the first things I'd look into.
Sorry I can't be of more help.