Ok well 5 out of six not bad the 6th looks like it dies around day16 or so not fully ready. So i got 4 off white silkies and one mixed which was from the last few days my hen was alive we had put a brama bantam roo in there to keep her company. So he has black skin and is red brown and buff but...
Ok put my last little six silkie eggs out of turner and 5 ee eggs so we shall see what happens. I am going to a bird auction sat I hope they have fertile eggs for sale.
good luck all
Starry
I have one baby runner hatched 1 with a pip and one crested with a pip. I had one silkie hatch the other piped upside down and had died. The other eggs are due this weekend good luck everyone.
starry
I am so sorry we have lost a ton of birds due to coons. My BYC friends all know this and have been great support and advice. Coons are sneaky and once they get a hen they come bk night after nite to kill. We lost 7 hens and one roo 2 days ago. All doors locked and girls locked in surrounded by...
Wow I say most of yall got a good deal LOL. Here in Canada material is so $$$ I have spent 400 at home depot just on 7 sheets of plywood and screws. I am no where near done in buying materials. And this is just for my small banty coop. We have had a coon problem we have loss a ton of birds so...
Hi all I just found the thread hope its ok to join? I have 2 silkie eggs that went in on June 24th so they are day 19 one has piped and i can hear her chirping the other was a iffy so i dont hold much hope for it. I got six silkie babies last week. I have 7 more silkies that went in on June...
I will be setting more to. I will be going to a bird auction next saturday I hope to get some eggs if not my friend has some ee eggs she will give me so Poco count me in .
Starry
So i ended up with one blk silkie who has blk skin but no 5th toe ? I have 2 all white silkies with vaulted heads and blk skin and 5 toes on each foot, one that is buff colors she has black skin and the 5th toe BUt has green legs LOL. I have two that are spoted black skin got the 5th toe...
Well i am about to give up. Ok temp 99.9 humidity 55% from day 1 to 18 temp 100 humidity 65% -70% from day 18 to 21. This time i only candled day ten then on day 18 just ran flash light on a few while i was taking them out of turner. Then broke turner had to open for maybe 30 seconds humidity...
yall are so not going to believe this. So you know I have a stagered hatch because my hen was killed so i looked in to ck on peeps. And the ones that are not due for 10 days are in the bk two rows of turner. The rest of the rows are out. The turner some how got jamed and the some of the eggs...