Posts by InsaneChicken

today is the 22nd day. I'm going to wait but I doubt anything will happen. I'm left with 2 silkie mixes. One is black (her name is Thing 1) and one is yellow with brown stripes on her back (Thing 2) I love those lil chicks. 

Yes I did. My very first time I hatched eggs I forgot and left the plugs in and all of them hatched. This time 2 did and I just have no hope left for the four still in there.. 

No they weren't resting... I checked on them. Took them out. Because they were not moving at all. I peeled back a little of the shell and they were dead. This hatch was a disaster. 2 out of 8 hatched. 

and another question about the second one that hatched... It's still attached to the egg with a thick umbilical cord.. Will that fall off? I don't want anything bad to happen... Hatching eggs yourself is fun but it sure does have it's...

I guess this is a somewhat old thread but I had to say this.. OH MY GOD THAT CHICKEN IS SO FREAKING CUTE! I'm glad you decided not to cull her and instead decided to keep her. I read through the pages and this was definitely a...

Anyone? 

2 eggs hatched today and two pipped. It's day 20. The two that pipped were fine at first, squirming and chirping and then I checked on them a few hours later and both of them are dead? What happened? I guess I'll hold out hope for my...

I FOUND MY CAMERA. Here is a decent picture of all 5 of them. :)

Oh yes you can definitely take her out! :) The same thing just happened to me! I only leave them in there (Unless other eggs are hatching out) until they're dry and fluffy. 

All 5 hatched! :) I think I'll post a picture of all of them later when the other two are all dry and fluffy. I got another chick that looks exactly like that one. So I got 3 yellows and 2 browns