***Hatching time!***To be continued....lots of photos!!!*UPDATE*

My hatch date was yesterday, the 24th. I am VERY excited about this hatch for mainly two reasons: a) I've never gotten more than two eggs to hatch before and b) These eggs are from my own Silkies and Leghorn!!!
I put the incubator in my room this time, because before I had it downstairs and the temperature would fluctuate over the lethal temperature. In my room, it didn't go over about 99.7 degrees.

1st pip!!! "Silkhorn" egg.


Here is the first chick that hatched, all dry; this is the Silkhorn. I took him/HER out because he/SHE was dry and was jiggling the other eggs too much! This little chick hatched at about 2:30 AM eastern time! He has the cutest little beard!




How neat, CHICKEN FEET!


The 2nd one to pip, this is one of the purebred Silkie eggs from my Partridge hen, sired by my Partridge rooster (we hope, or a splash rooster) Sorry, bad photos.

You can see its little beak, but it isn't really doing much, except opening and closing its beak. I tried to "help" it (don't yell at me!!!) because I thought it was dead. No, isn't bleeding!!! It isn't dead, but is very slow. Opening the incubator to remove chickie #1 probably didn't help matters much either....

The other two Silkie eggs have pipped but are taking their time about it. I can hear them peeping faintly!


EDIT: I'll post more photos once the other chicks hatch!
Thanks for looking! Who else hatched yesterday?

How cute, Congrats!

Thanks! The little Silkhorn is peeping his heart out because he is lonely.

I had to help chick #2; the membranes are drying out....

SHE sure is cute Good luck with the rest of the chickies!

Well, chick #2 died. He bled and was too weak to make it. Poor little guy.
That makes three chicks: two Partridge Silkies, and one absolutely adorable Silkhorn. The Silkhorn (love that contraction! so fun to say!) is named Poppy by my little sister, and the Silkies, who both look alike and are still drying, are Cayenne (to be renamed Cayenna if it is a pullet) and Cinnamon Bun or Bunny, since these chicks are the son of my rooster who is named Cinnamon. The Silkie's mom is Nutmeg.

Good hatch, everychick!

I will post photos as soon as they dry!

Congrats on the cuties and sorry about your one loss. Good luck that all goes well from here on in!

Newbie Lisa from NC

Well, the other computer with the rest of the photos of the new chicks is off, but here is chick #1:



They grow SO fast... *sigh*

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How cute, I have a patridge silkie rooster named Cinnimon too. He is 11 week old.

Cinnamon Bun's stripes.

Cinnamon Bun, again!

His/HER feet: five toes!


Cinnamon Bun's sibling, Cayenne:


The only way to tell the two apart is that Cayenne is slightly fluffier than CB.

Cayenne:


All three under the heat lamp:


Thats it for now.