Debbie im on to update i heard a little chirp but no external pips as of yet day 20, im so excited and anxious i will be on with pictures as soon as i get a hatch❤️
Hi Debbie just a little update for you as you gave me so much advice and help! we are on day 13. I have candle my eggs and I can see lots of movement. I just want to take the time to thank you for all your amazing advice, I could not have done it without you. You really are an expert in your...
Debbie thankyou id be lost without you lol my advisor always there to keep me right. My thermometer is reading perfect inside now at 37.5 which is the correct reading. I just hope that them sitting at 3degree lower didnt destroy the egg. They were sitting at the lower temp for 3 days. I will...
Debbie im starting to panic😭 my hydrometer reader just came i have popped it into the incubator but i think the incubator has been giving me false readings. The incubator is showing a steady temp of 37.5•C but the hydrometer is showing 35.2 maybe i just havent left the hydrometer in long enough...
Debbie is have just popped them into the incubator temp 99.5 and humidity is hard to control on this incubator its sitting at 59 i hope this wont harm them
Hi guys just bought my own incubator to be delivered tomorrow alot of great reviews of great hatch rate from it. I am attempting to hatch my own silkie eggs. I am a first timer and so any advice would be great. I have the eggs still in there nesting box and there is around 8 eggs thanks
I did put my hand near her she wasnt happy she made a screech and didnt want to risk a nip lol 😂 shes being very vocal i hope shes broody i was just about to buy an incubator looks like i wont need one and let mother nature do the work🥰
Guys what should i do she has laid 5 eggs and is now in the nest sitting on the eggs. Its an old oil drum cut open that she has laid in is this enough room for her? She was lifting straw with her beak all morning and now has went in and sat on her 5 eggs i really want baby silkies😭
Guys inhave just seen the weirdest thing. My silkie hens been laying and has layed a total of 3 eggs tonight when i went out the rooster was on the eggs sitting and making a crowing noise i have never heard of a rooster doing this. Why is he doing this? I removed him from the eggs as another one...
Hi guys new to silkies one of 3 of my hens have started laying she is laying 1 day missing a day. She has a total of 3 eggs so far when will she clock them? How many do they lay before sitting on the eggs. Are silkies good clockers i heard they are? Thankyou
Hi im new to this im looking for some information. I bred my doe 3 months ago for the first time she had 4 kits 1 still born. They all died die to it being her first litter. She didnt built a nest ect. She was rebreed last month and gave birth to only one very large kit unfortunately it was...