Well I eggcropsied the eggs in the bator. There is one that I couldn't be sure was dead but everybody else was, so I left the one egg in the bator. The dead chicks were fully developed, some smaller than others, none of them had pipped.
On a happier note my broody hen has hatched 4 chicks so...
I'm so glad you asked this question!!! I too am having silkie babies and the one of mine I thought was black doesn't look like your black one, he has some yellow on him too. I can't wait for the experts to answer your question. Your babies are gorgeous!!!
I appreciate what you are saying here truly. The broody hens chicks were due today and mine (bator) were due Friday (except for two) I peeked in on the broody hen (gotta love her) and there is a gorgeous white silkie chick in there and another one that is black or blue?? I put the Jersey Giant...
Well the hen in the brooder condo is hatching chicks. I'll check in the morning but saw one and heard others. Still nothing with the ones in the bator, they were due Friday. I still have two in there that aren't due to hatch until Monday, so I'll definately have to give it until then before I...
Congrats on all the cute chicks! The hen is hatching my beautiful silkie babies! I'll look under her tommorow morning to see how many have hatched. Thus far she seems to be slaying my incubator results, mine were due two days before hers (except for the 2 due Monday) I've only laid eyes on one...
I would toss them. Once you get the bator it can take a day or two to regulate the temp. Of course you could set them, candle them after a few days and then pitch any that aren't developing, but overall you'll probably have better sucess with fresher eggs.
I'm so jealous! I want a goat so badly and hubby keeps saying no. I've started clearing some land....one day....but right now the focus is the chickens and currently waiting on eggs to hatch, then building more coops.....but one day I'll have my goats!!!
I ventured outside to get away from the bator and my Buff rooster decided to give me a hard time. It was a good laugh for the kids, hubby, and my father-in-law. I got tired of listening to them make fun of me and came back inside!
I would believe it was rabid. I had an encounter with a rabid racoon that I shot in my yard last year (the only thing I've ever shot) Now might be a good time to make sure that all of your critters are current on their rabies shots and I would be ready to kill the fox if he comes back. The...
I have nine eggs sitting under a broody hen and am still debating what to do with the chicks when they hatch, leave them with their artificial Mom or take them from her. Perhaps we will split them up and let her raise a few and raise a few ourselves. I really want them to be human friendly. The...
Congrats on the babies! Still nothing happening here. I'm going to force myself to leave the bator and go outside (such a nice day not to) Maybe it's the watched pot never boils thing. Maybe this is going to be the worst hatch ever! Maybe I will never again try to hatch shipped eggs!!! :fl:idunno
I recently received three seperate shipments of eggs. All of the eggs were individually bubble wrapped and one of them put the box with the eggs in it inside that priority shipping box with shredded newspaper in between the two boxes. Even though the post office did clearly make every attempt to...
It is possible that the bator was running a little below temp as when we upgraded hygrometers the new hygrometer indicated we were low. Let's hope for the best.