A question.
I purchased some Polish eggs at an auction (No idea on parent quality, closeness of breeding, nutrition, etc.), 11/12 fertile and all 11 hatched, however 3 that hatched had no eyes, just sunken partially closed over pockets where the eyes should have been. These 3 have been culled. (No I didn't take any pics and it is too late now to do so, as they are in the compost bin.).
Is this a "normal/common" thing with Polish?
There where two other breeds I had in the incubator, same seller, that had good fertility but garbage hatch rates (4/12, 3/11). Typically I would associate poor hatch rate with poor parent nutrition, would folks agree that this may also have contributed to the lack of eyes in the Polish? A lacking Vitamin or essential trace nutrient?
I will not be using these to breed, they were purchased as incubator fillers. Any females will be sold as backyard layers and males most likely eaten!
Ron
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