Ah so glad I found this, my recently hatched chick is like this now and it's so hard to look at them sleep so much :-p Only a tiny bit of chirping and then just breathing !
I know its a very old thread though but this is why I love these forums, you find almost everything here :-)
Awww, silkies are so cute haha!!
Chick is doing very well, and very glad you asked cause just 15 minutes ago THE EGG HATCHED!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)))) And I got it on video
In a few moments I'll post the video on youtube and link it, and show some pictures! - BTW the chick is huge, almost the same...
Yeah tons of pictures on my other thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/744592/day-21-ohmy :-D Now, the egg has pipped!! waiting for the second to come out :)
And congrats Rosemi! They're so adorable!!!
Well I guess its all a matter of guessing and waiting to be honest :-P One of mine pipped and 3 hours later if I'm correct, voilah she was out - some are faster some are slower. I am now excitedly waiting for the last egg, internal chirping, no pip yet !!!!! chewing my nails all the way >_>
1 of the two eggs dead opened it and a ~11 day one was dead. The other one is chirping and you can feel it move ......... day 21 again, BEST days ever :P
Waiting....
Thanks Chuck, today we decided to candle the second two eggs that are due tomorrow - wait for it, because.. The incubator light bulb that was heating the entire bator went out in the middle of the night and we didn't have a replacement one. The eggs are still alive and we moved them to the...
I know I know! I promise to put some on soon - been a busy week !!
Chuck, the other eggs are currently on lockdown now - I candled them on day 17 and they seem to have developed nicely they are due the 19th feb. However the egg that was supposed to hatch the same day as my other chick was dead...
She's doing well :-) Learned how to drink and eat, and I have a T-shirt in there she likes to cuddle under when she's in need of a mother =]]
I'll post some pics soon :)