I recently purchased 10 auracauna chicks. I really was just looking for colored eggs, but found these chicks and decided it would be fun to try and raise them for my 9 year old to take to the fair next year. Who knew how hard it was to have a "true" show bird for this breed???? Anyway, they are...
I had one egg hatch on day 22. One more started, but died. I figured out now that my thermometer was off and the incubator was a couple degrees cooler than I thought all along. Is there any hope for the rest of the eggs or should I just give up on them now? It is day 23.
The one that hatched is...
Woke up this moring, checked the incubator and I have 1 silkie hatched! It is so cute! It is day 22 and I need to leave for work soon, but I am so excited!
I have 15 silkie eggs in the incubator. When I took them out of the turner on day 18 and candled them all was well. Now I am a nervous wreck waiting for them to hatch! It has been probably 10 years since I have incubated eggs and I forgot how nerve racking it can be!