Only 9 hatched from the second batch of eggs, I almost suspect this "breeder" just gave me leftover from shipped eggs. Several pipped on the wrong end and a lot of late quitters 😕 She did give me the eggs in a box from shipped eggs, but the eggs were in her own personalized egg cartons 🤷 They...
I totally meant to keep up with this and add candling photos. Woops. First batch hatched, all black babies both full blood silkies and some silkie-EE crosses.
Good luck getting the right sexes!
It's a pretty good incubator for the price point. It has a few design flaws (mostly the lid needs a bit of finesse and there's no lip around the base to hold in chicks or eggs when you lift it) and a limited capacity when using the automatic turner, but it...
So I have had a year full of Cockerels!!!
I have wanted Silkies forever and this was the year I finally got some and they ALL turned out to be cockerels. My two hatches prior (of different breeds) ended up all cockerels except for 2 birds. So I think all these boys (I can't keep in my area) have...