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Yes she did, she is a lil weaker than the silkie as she pipped first but didn't zip originally (day 20) so the silkie piped and zipped on day 21 and the barnevelder was still breathing through the pip the day later, she only started zipping when the silkie was laying next to her egg cheering her...

A quick update on my attempt to wing a hatch in nothing but a cardboard box, a bit of pure wool batting and a ceramic heat lamp after my broody didn't go broody. Out of 8 eggs, 4 were in fertile, all fertile 4 were alive on lockdown day, it's day 21, the silkie has hatched very healthy walking...

Oh how wonderful! GOOD LUCK! 🍀🍀🍀🍀😊 please do add a photo when they arrive

Little up date, candled eggs last night, one stopped developing Other 3 have filled out their eggs and as far as I could see looked alive, could see some veining around the air, sack, put them in 'lockdown' as best I could in a cardboard box and crossing fingers 🤞😊🌅

Will do 😊 if the lil guys make it 🤞I shall post pics and you are more than welcome to name one, thanks to your suggestions the temp has stayed a steady 37.7 all day long and humidity has upped nicely even with an open top, all that's left is to wait it out and hope

Yes it's a very odd set up done on the fly so not the best I'm afraid, I really didn't think any would be fertile but here I am lol. So as per your wonderful advice (thank you again) I have wrapped the outside with Terry towel and lined the inside of the cardboard with thin wool batting to make...

THANK YOU! This is all fantastic advice I had not thought of. I will double box tomorrow, I completely forgot I have a dual thermo/hydrometer and I have been worrying about that so I shall go find that now. Gosh I have not had the box closed at all it's been open with the ceramic heat dangling...

Hi whoever sees this, I'm in a bit of a pickle, I was given a carton of eggs that were possibly fertile but not sure by a lady who collected them after her roo got busy, she sells them but gave me these to try under my usually broody hen as she wasn't sure if they were fertile, well my broody...