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  1. donmhill

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    So my hatching has finished at the end of day 22 :-D I have 3 white silkies and 1 black one 1 little black one didn't make it don't know what was wrong just never external pipped and maybe suffocated - wish i had helped him earlier. Happy with my 4 little fluffy babies tho. One seems...
  2. donmhill

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    My first little hatchling :-D Once he started to zip he was out within 20 mins.
  3. donmhill

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    End of day 21 here :-) I have 3 out of 5 that have external pips and are currently cheeping away to each other Oh the joy!!!! Exactly 11 hours ago i was sitting in front of the incubator enjoying a nice cup of coffee before work and i couldn't believe my ears when i heard a little cheep...
  4. donmhill

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    End of day 20 here. Still no rocking, pipping or cheeping. Candled them again just now and only 2 are still moving inside :-( Hope the others are ok in there. The wait is killing me
  5. donmhill

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    24 hours into lockdown Temperature went really high today whilst i was out - 43 C Thought i'd killed them for sure but nope i candled them to be sure and all 5 are still moving around inside. Phew! Whilst i was candling them i noticed the air sac has gotta larger in the past 24 hours...
  6. donmhill

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    LOCKDOWN for me too :-D Started with 8 silkie eggs, 1 was unfertile, 1 quit day 9/10, another quit day 14/15 so i'm left with 5 little babies making big movements inside egg :-) So eggcited!! and very nervous too. Hope i can keep the humidity to where it should be for the next few days. Woo...
  7. donmhill

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    My name is Donna.....and i'm addicted to candling chicken eggs lol Day 13 in the incubator :-) Started with 8 silkie eggs, 1 was not fertile so went in the bin. Got 7 now all wiggling away happily :-D Started candling at day 3 and now i can't stop :-) Its been amazing watching them change so...
  8. donmhill

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Thought i'd join in with this hatch-a-long :-) My babies are due 21st September. 8 Silkie babies. This is my 2nd attempt at hatching eggs. The last one didn't go well - 4 black copper marans last October (i think). The light went out on day 15 during the night in my homemade incubator and...
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