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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...