HATCHING begins TODAY! 6/29/10 page 4 update Silkie eggs

[asher]

One is out already! WOOT! I also have four eggs in there of my aunt's and one has pipped.

 

[littledirtlane]

Hi Cindy! Wednesday is the day for me and I had one hatch last night and 3 pips this morning! I have Mary's eggs...I had 30 of them. 20 went to lockdown...

The baby that hatched is a little blue and has a lovely little vaulted skull and the toes look great! Oh I am so excited...today is Christmas for me! The baby that was born has been named "Coleslaw" lol..I will send pics when I have clean dry birds!

 

[Cattitude]

Go, chickies, go!

 

[asher]

Two out (one silkie, one of my aunts) and a bunch more pipped. Wheee!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Congrats! Hope you get a good hatch.

 

[asher]

Only 3 silkies out and it looks like that may be it. One more pipped, but died. (The egg was tiny, I don't know if that was the reason or not.)

I don't understand because the temp and humidity was right on the entire time. I was hoping for a handful and I will not say that I am not disappointed because I am. That was a lot of money for only three chicks to hatch out, but that's the gamble when you buy hatching eggs. I do not at all fault the sellers because the eggs arrived beautifully and they DID grow.

I will have to check before, but at this point am not sure which of the breeders these came out of, but I think it is Kathy, not any of Glenn's.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I cannot tell you how many silkie hatches I've had like this.

It got a LOT better when I finally bought a Rcom Suro King incubator with automatic everything. Also, I incubate silkie eggs at about 45% humidity and lock them down at 65%. That higher humidity seems to have helped also. I think it may have something to do with their vaulted skulls, although I have no scientific proof of that.

Give them some more time...you may have a late bloomer or two.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Update??

 

[littledirtlane]

Today I cut the incubator off...I had 12 total - I have no idea what colors each of these guys are - I lost track...Out of the 30 I got 12 - so not too bad. I am VERY pleased with the pretties that I got - I only got one with a problem...he has 6 toes on each foot! I guess that is better than not having enough...lol. These were the eggs from Mary Brooks-Robbins...I am ordering more! I have 2 dozen eggs in the incubator now from Bobbi Porto - I am hoping for another good hatch, last time I only got 1 chick out of the 48 eggs that I ordered from her...it must have been a bad day at the Post Office, because they were all fertile and packaged VERY nicely...

Here are my new babies...help me with colors please - I am a silkie newbie! They are all named after food...my 5-year old has quite a sense of humor.

(this is my 6-toed kid)

A little Partridge got mixed in! Love this one

This one has spraddled legs, but they are bound and getting better!

This one injured it's neck coming out, it seems to be straightening out - can they sprain their necks?

This one rolled in the feed when it was still wet, so he needs a bath to fluff up more...

Well here they are - tell me what you think!

Have a great day!

 

[rodentdrem]

Congratulations!