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check the sticky at the top of the forum .... great pics of progression daily .... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261876 here is a link for you :) By day 12 you should easily be able to tell if there are babies developing :)

I think it all depends on the flock and the hen. I've let my broodies hatch in the coop and never separated them. Haven't lost a single chick that way. Granted, I haven't hatched all that many chicks, but I have done it three times now that way (and hatched a few batches from an incubator as...

Thanks - it was disappointing after hearing the littly guy peeping so much and anticipating a chick to hatch. I was standing over the incubator talking to it - and it was peeping back.

you can check the sticky on hatching and incubating. There is a great thread there with pics of every day of development. I'm guessing that if you have a rooster, then those eggs are developing. If it were me, I'd check again with a brighter light. You should be able to see the air cell...

I wish I had taken some pics of the eggtopsy I just did tonight. I had a chick DIS after internal pip, that never piped externally - all I can figure is it just couldn't break the shell. I could hear it peeping like crazy monday morning ... should have piped externally by monday night. I...

Well, poor little guy was DIS. I decided to externally pip for it, since it had grown so quite after being sooo darned loud yesterday. I guess the loud peeps were it in distress ... Once I broke open a small hole the shell, I saw no signs of life. I decided to go further and take the top...

I know very dark eggs, and the green/blue eggs are hard to see through. I've never not been able to see anything, though. I can always see light coming through, even if I can't tell if it's in the early stages of development. Is your light bright enough and is the room dark enough ? is...

Hmmm, that was the only thing I could think of. . I hope the rest make it OK !

I had a similar problem recently - they all wanted the same nest box and they ended up breaking eggs that were developing under the broody during the dispute. But all I had for evidence were a few scraps of shells - they ate the rest. But they weren't as far along as that little guy/gal. I...

Ok, my son said it's still doing the same thing, slight almost inperceptible "wiggle" - but no external pip yet. It's been doing that for 24+ hours - and it's been a minimum of 48 since I heard it chirping - likely more. I was expecting an external pip last night at some point. I wish I...

Thanks - I'm kinda torn on this - but I do think the little guy/girl was ready last night and just can't get through the shell - it's become much quieter and less active ( I know, not necessarily a sign of anything bad) - I'll see what is going on when i get home - I think - and decide from...

mmmm - I know - I just feel so helpless knowing the little bugger was so loud the other day - sounded very healthy. But, I do know also, that the last time i helped a chick hatch - it only lived for two days. But that was after it had already externally pipped and did nothing more. Should...

I have one cross breed egg in my incubator - (silkie dad/EE mom) it piped internally two days ago, but has not yet piped externally yet. it was moving slightly this am before I left for work ... but it was doing the same thing last night when I went to bed. not sure what to think. We haven't...

BBS silkie roo x EE - Hatched 8/20/12

Here are a few more that show the black spots better :) and one with it's adoptive mommies

Here is a pic of my BBS silkie roo (from CJ's silkies) x EE. I'm positive of the cross b/c he is the only roo around (no neighbors have any at all) - and it was a green egg from one of my two EEs. I read that black skin is a dominant sex linked gene and that if the dad is a silkie and the mom...

With only one older hen and the rest fairly close in age, you shouldn't have too much for problems. The older hen won't have just one younger one to pick on - and will be spreading her authroity over the whole bunch. You could always clip the feathers on the polish if it's an initial problem...

Well, in the beginning, I would only free range when I was home (by free range, I don't have a huge lot, just an average house with average yard). I have a run attached to the coop so that if I am away for a weekend or a week or whatever the case may be, I leave the door to the coop open to...

Thanks bobbiej - I tried that tonight - didn't do too well - it's hard to hang onto to two lights and the egg ! Yikes ! I've been trying to compare, and I'm thinking teach1 may be right - they're looking closer to 10/12 days. bummer. That's not good - I'm worried they will hatch while I'm...

Doesn't sound good. She has no interest in raising that chick from the sounds of it. When my silkie hatched out chicks, you couldn't keep her away from them, and she was always cooing to them and showing them how to scratch and look for goodies. I had two silkies that were both...