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The first chick is out and fluffy! She's also peeping very long and loud. Let's hope she succeeds in hurrying along her sibs so she has company before bedtime tonight! We've named her Prima, and there are seven more eggs externally pipped! Here's another pic (cause I can't resist) of her...

First external pip! The chick was really peeping, but has quieted down. Trying not to fret... :) Got up at 5:00am to check on things, and humidity had dropped. Refilled one of our baby food sponge jars. Humidity back up and temp holding steady. Time to get the kids off to school. I have a...

Phew! That's good to know. We've only hatched once before, and that was shaken and shipped guinea eggs from which we only got a few keets to hatch. With guineas we didn't have to worry about upper level humidity because you pretty much want it as high as possible. With chicks it seems like...

Thanks! I can't believe how nervous I am. Does this ever get easier? These were supposedly 'bonus' eggs, since we never predicted our silkie would start laying early January...but that doesn't seem to help! lol

We've got twelve white silkie eggs in the hatching bator, the first from our own birds. I understand they can't hatch just cause I'm excited, but that doesn't make it any easier to wait! Just to make sure I've calculated this right...if we started them on Thursday Jan. 26th in the evening then...