I will be setting more to. I will be going to a bird auction next saturday I hope to get some eggs if not my friend has some ee eggs she will give me so Poco count me in .
Starry
So i ended up with one blk silkie who has blk skin but no 5th toe ? I have 2 all white silkies with vaulted heads and blk skin and 5 toes on each foot, one that is buff colors she has black skin and the 5th toe BUt has green legs LOL. I have two that are spoted black skin got the 5th toe...
Well i am about to give up. Ok temp 99.9 humidity 55% from day 1 to 18 temp 100 humidity 65% -70% from day 18 to 21. This time i only candled day ten then on day 18 just ran flash light on a few while i was taking them out of turner. Then broke turner had to open for maybe 30 seconds humidity...
yall are so not going to believe this. So you know I have a stagered hatch because my hen was killed so i looked in to ck on peeps. And the ones that are not due for 10 days are in the bk two rows of turner. The rest of the rows are out. The turner some how got jamed and the some of the eggs...
Pocco it took some work LOL. But what I did was when I started hatching eggs a few months bk I would tell him babies in the bator and let him peak in bator. When they would pip and start chirping I let him look again. When they hatched and he realy got fired up because he could hear the chirping...
Hi all congrats on pips and chicks i have a few more days to waite which drives me nuts On a side note ck out the pic i got of my dog with hens he looks so thrilled.
I am about to take eggs out of turner and lock bator down. This is the make or break point it makes me so nervous. Last time all the silkes died . So i am hoping for a better hatch.
Starry
What humidity do u hatch at ? Mine are comming out of turner except bk two rows i have a stagered hatch. I am so nervous i rly want these silkes since my hen and roo were killed. How is everyone elses eggs doing?
Starry
So got a quick question Is anyone doing or have done a stagered hatch in same bator? Since yall know my silkie hen was murdered by a coon i had like 8 eggs out of her nest i put in bator on the 29th so i have eggs due on July 10th and now some on July 22 wondering how this will work since days...
I am so devastated i woke up this morning and my dd went to let our silkie and our brama bantam out of there pen. And she came in screaming and crying a coon some how squezed threw the rafters and removed there heads and well left them all over there pen. I cried and cried with my dd they were...
Ok I candled tossed 12 eggs only one was mine and it had blood ring . So my silkie is laying 100% fertile which is good to bad her mate was taking by a fox last week. We stuck a buff brama bantam roo to keep her company for now. So i have 14 empty slots in bator but i cant add eggs because of...
Well here is a picture of the ones i set the 19th i have room for 6 more but i think i will leave those slots empty stagered hatchs r a pain. There are white silkie eggs and black silkie eggs also mixed bantams.
Good luck everyone Starry in ON CANADA