Here is my girl little gurl sitting on 3 turkey eggs. (All that could fit under her) She is 10 months old and this is her 1st time she has been sitting for 7 days now.
2 out now 1 on day 22 and one on day 23..one is zipping now..So out of 4 eggs only 1 is left. The secound baby looks..to be either blue or black.. Woohoo!!
Update...3 babies now all out and dry..1 eggie left to go!!!!
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Can you still see an air sac? what day are they on? if you cannot see an air sac either its already piped through the air sac or its a rotten egg. I delt with this myself I candled and could not see an air sac thinking it done piped through the air sac. Big mistake it was rotten and it...
2 more pips!...and loud chirping from the 2..only 1 left!!
The one that is already hatched is Buff...WOOHOO! It looked white when hatched...LOL Then I thought it might be partidge but I got a good look at it while it was peeking out from momma and it is a Buff color.
I wont be bothering momma...
Checked on my broody this morning..None of the other 3 eggs have hatched yet. Still just one baby that is now dry. I thought was white but it is...I think Partidge. I'll get pictures later because its too cold and snowing here to really bother momma or babies.
I hoped more would hatch but one...
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I find it a good reason to candle to see if there is any progress or if I am wasting my time. Some times a rotten egg can explode and ruin all your eggs. That is a very good reason to candle but it is up to you. Somtimes under my broodies I never candle.
Congrats Bec!
I wont know if anymore of mine have hatched till morning.
I hope the other 3 have hatched by then!!!
The little one looked white...I am hoping for a splash silkie...
All hens are different but from my girls...I have 1 hen who raises her babies to about 5 weeks and begins to lay again...I have one girl who raised her chicks to 7 weeks before laying again.
It all depends I guess...I have noticed however in the warmer days...They will lay sooner after hatching...
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What a story. What a good mommy. I may have missed it but what breed is she?
She is a Grey Silkie. There is a picture of her on the last post on Pg15
This girl so deserves her babies! She has been sitting now for 21+21= 42 days...She so deserves these babies!!!!!!!!!! Her 1st 21 days she was on 7 eggs...As day and day went by and I candled most eggs were TOO old. Her lone egg made it to 22 days and it died in the shell and never piped it...
OMG I am so excited!!! I went out and checked my broody this morning and I can hear the babies and all 4 eggs are piped. I am so excited!!!!!!!
I grabbed a quick pic of momma before I covered her back over to be left alone.
Here is Peppa