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I have a chick! Finally! Went out to check on the broody, and got out there just in time to see a little black silkie coming out of its egg. I've been so worried! Come on the rest of you lazy babies, come out of those shells already! I am dying here!

So our eggs should all be due today. How's progress? My broody got out of her enclosed nest boxes by digging under the fence last Friday or Saturday (I wonder if she's been watching Chicken Run?), and I found her on the outside of the fence desperately trying to get back in. She keeps acting...

Candled tonight, and it looks great. I stuck in a 13th egg the same afternoon I set the others under my broody, and when I candled tonight only one was clear. YAY there are 12 full eggs on day 15 or 16. Looks like we're in for a good hatch, barring unforeseen circumstances. Can't wait for...

I'm candling tonight. I'm a little worried, because I candled 3 last week and didn't see much. I really need these eggs to hatch, because my friend wants babies, and I need a chick or two to replace my cochin hens that I've recently lost. Wish me luck! How's everyone else?

I put a dozen of our bantam b/b/s cochin and silkie eggs under my broody silkie this afternoon, so I'll share a hatch date with you. This is the silkie's first time broody, but I'm feeling confident that she'll do well. If she does, I'll buy her eggs to hatch next time. Good luck to you!!!