Recent content by marsh-farm

Second baby hatched this morning! Two little partridge silkies ❤️

Hi everyone - Thanks for all the help, encouragement, and kind words! The "twin" egg hatched late last night and I'm happy to say it was not twins and the baby is doing wonderfully! What an amazing experience - felt like a privilege getting to watch mama encourage baby out of the egg ❤️

Thanks! No news or noise yet! I have a camera set up (Nest Cam) that streams to my phone so I can check on her progress - it even sends me motion alerts so I can tune in if something is happening. I had to turn off the notifications last night though so I could get some sleep (just too...

So far so good! I decided to candle the eggs one last time yesterday (day 17 maybe) and the egg with potential twins just looked like a large, black mass. I really couldn't make out any features but it was definitely moving and the air cell looked great. The other egg with the singleton was...

Wow that's just wild and makes me feel so much better. I handle them like small bombs about to go off at any second!

Oh I'm already so addicted now just after 2 weeks! I've been hesitant to begin hatching because I KNEW my chicken disease would get so much worse! Oh well! When I first thought it was twins I was so excited...then I did a little reading and my heart just sank. I'm still hopeful though that one...

Thank you! I was considering purchasing one and now I probably will. Twins would be fun but hopefully it's just one very active and healthy chick!

Hi everyone- This is my first time hatching eggs and I think one contains twins. The egg is under my silkie hen and I'm not exactly sure when it was laid but I think today is roughly day 12-14 (she was just so bound and determined to be a mama that I finally caved!) Both of the possible embryos...