Dear Santa, My Luck Stinks!!!

[Chickie Mamma]

I have 17 Silkie eggs in my incubator. Temp and Humidity good. Only 3 are developing.

Maybe shipping was too cold? Its 6 days now. Many blood rings, many just blank. Very disappointing

Does anyone have any Splash Silkie eggs to spare? Or a mix of Silkie eggs (bearded) with Splash included? I have Paypal and can pay instantly. I hatched out 10 chicks 13 weeks ago and 9 were roos. My bad luck again!

Is there a Santa out there?

 

[silkiechicken]

Very well possible winter weather has chilled the babies too far and rendered them unhatchable. Probably ran down the freeway in negative temp weather.

Looks like it's time for you to search BST in hopes for Santa!

 

[Smartie_Pants]

Well, veins can take up to 10 days sometimes (at least in my experience, especially if you don't know how old they are) so give the bank ones a few more days. Maybe Santa will send the chickie fairy to give you an early present after all.

BTW, LOVE your duck's fro!

 

[Chickie Mamma]

Thanks... I knew it was a little risky with the temps so low. I wait until 12 days anyway before throwing them out. Maybe someone will help. I am looking for a nice bunch of silkies for the spring. I have a white and a black already, looking for a mix. I LOVE the splash silkies! The ducks fro is a bit frozen this morning, definately needs to go to the beauty parlor after the foot of snow

 

[swtangel321]

Sorry about the bad hatch

Winter can cause a lot of problems for eggs !!

Where are you located ??

 

[Chickie Mamma]

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Hello, I am in CT. The temps were not that bad last week. But I got the eggs from Georgia, so I didn't think they had a long way to go. The duck eggs from NewChickenMom are doing well... OUT OF 4 EGGS, 3 ARE DEVELOPING WELL. Hopefully someone will have eggs to send me...