February 2017 Hatch-a-long

[Janie hall]

He they are the day of adoption

 

[generaldsherman]

He they are the day of adoption

cute!

 

[orrpeople]

He they are the day of adoption

This is the one characteristic of silkies that sometimes makes me think I might want one ! I love their "mama-ness!"

 

[WVduckchick]

cute!

How are your eggs coming along?

This is the one characteristic of silkies that sometimes makes me think I might want one ! I love their "mama-ness!"

Silkies do have that reputation. But I've also heard of lots of them being terrible moms. And not the smartest cookie in the box either!

They are beautiful though. I had a couple horrible examples of silkies. But they still produced some pretty mixed chicks with my cochin boy.


Did you have any hatchers this morning? I had 3 serama pips when I left home. Thought one might break out before I left, but I waited as long as I could.

 

[generaldsherman]

How are your eggs coming along? Got quite a few with veins. Some I will pull in a couple days if they are still clear



Silkies do have that reputation.  But I've also heard of lots of them being terrible moms.  And not the smartest cookie in the box either!    They are beautiful though.  I had a couple horrible examples of silkies.  But they still produced some pretty mixed chicks with my cochin boy.


Did you have any hatchers this morning?  I had 3 serama pips when I left home.  Thought one might break out before I left, but I waited as long as I could.

 

[WVduckchick]

Got quite a few with veins. Some I will pull in a couple days if they are still clear

Shipping must have been harder on your package. I have noticed the chocolates tend to take a little longer to see the blood vessels. Very dense shells.


Good luck!

 

[Janie hall]

All 4 of mine hatch@

 

[orrpeople]

Inspiring story from this hatch - i don't know if you will be able to tell from this picture, but that egg was held together with athletic tape. Yes, and quite embarrassingly, I dropped another egg just days before their hatch date. This one was pretty bad. There was a giant crack from the air sack, all the way down to the tip. I held out no hope that it would hatch. But, at lockdown, it was still kicking away, so I carefully peeled back a small amount of the tape and prayed that would be the side it would pip on. Last night, when I went to bed, nothing had happened with it. This morning, it had already hatched!! Amazing!! Never give up, my friends!

 

[orrpeople]

This morning's count is 7 black sex links - surprisingly, the girl count is ahead of the boy count - by one. My luck, all the rest (there's 4 more of those) will be male. I'm still waiting for any activity on the shipped eggs - American Bresse - that I'm hatching for friends. I really would love to present them with a nice clutch of babies! (Yeah, I'm worrying a little.)

 

[WVduckchick]

Inspiring story from this hatch - i don't know if you will be able to tell from this picture, but that egg was held together with athletic tape. Yes, and quite embarrassingly, I dropped another egg just days before their hatch date. This one was pretty bad. There was a giant crack from the air sack, all the way down to the tip. I held out no hope that it would hatch. But, at lockdown, it was still kicking away, so I carefully peeled back a small amount of the tape and prayed that would be the side it would pip on. Last night, when I went to bed, nothing had happened with it. This morning, it had already hatched!! Amazing!! Never give up, my friends!

That is cool as crap!! Never thought about that kind of tape. Have seen glue, wax, scotch tape, band-aids, etc, but that was good thinking!

I tried liquid band aid on an egg that got cracked in shipping. I think it might have done ok, but I couldn't stand the smell. Even after 2 days in the incubator, it still had that odor, so I pulled it. I didn't want it to affect the other eggs.

Congrats!