Apr 4, 2012 #11 DirtCreature Songster 8 Years Joined Aug 8, 2011 Messages 652 Reaction score 16 Points 113 Location Olympia, Washington
Apr 5, 2012 #12 ssellis In the Brooder 8 Years Joined Jun 11, 2011 Messages 79 Reaction score 0 Points 29 Location South Carolina 5 out 6 silkies hatched here, cute little fuzz butts
Apr 5, 2012 Thread starter #13 BaileyJean Songster 7 Years Joined Mar 20, 2012 Messages 118 Reaction score 0 Points 114 Location Kentucky My Coop My Coop It is now day 25, and they are still slowly hatching. What does zip mean, when they are hatching?
Apr 5, 2012 #14 chkinut Songster 9 Years Joined Feb 25, 2010 Messages 1,432 Reaction score 21 Points 161 Location Leesburg, Ohio that's when you see them make a line of "pips" all in a row and they will rotate around the circumferance of the egg to make it pop off like a lid. i'm happy for you!!! oh, and once they start zipping, it goes pretty fast then. Last edited: Apr 5, 2012
that's when you see them make a line of "pips" all in a row and they will rotate around the circumferance of the egg to make it pop off like a lid. i'm happy for you!!! oh, and once they start zipping, it goes pretty fast then.
Apr 5, 2012 #15 DroolBubbles In the Brooder 7 Years Joined Mar 11, 2012 Messages 55 Reaction score 2 Points 31 I hope my next hatch will be this successful