HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

[WRVgirl]

Still nothing from my little lone egg. Tomorrow is Day 21, hopefully he/she gets moving soon! I've got 12+ more orp eggs due in tomorrow!

 

[Feathersprings]

None of mine ever had curled toes. I did have one with spraddle leg but I think that had more to do with the humidity being too high.

Thats good to hear.. she said that it only happened if they stayed in the carton and didnt get out soon. I would imagine most would hop out on their own fairly soon.

 

[WRVgirl]

So some of my Catdance Silkies hatched

last night, YIPPEEEEE! I have pictures of two but I hear others under her I just haven't seen them. A partridge egg and a blue. Here we go...lots more fun tonight.

Congratulations! My first hatch were Catdance eggs from Karen, and I had a great hatch...and BEAUTIFUL babies Her flock is amazing and her eggs always produce adorable little ones!

 

[Brookhavens]

So some of my Catdance Silkies hatched

last night, YIPPEEEEE! I have pictures of two but I hear others under her I just haven't seen them. A partridge egg and a blue. Here we go...lots more fun tonight.

They are adorable!! Now I can't wait till my silkies hatch next week.

 

[mabhera]

I beleive my last has hatched - still one with a little hope another three I put in lockdown but didn't see any movement for about a week before, but you never know!

My count now is:
9 Australrops
4 bantam cochins

So, it looks like out of 32 SHIPPED eggs I had 13 make it and another 4 that were pretty well developed but something happened. So, I am going to call it a 53% success rate for viability & 48% hatch success. Granted the breakdown is: 9 of 12 (75%) blk. Australorps & 4 of 20 (20%) bantam cochins.

Which assuming all 13 make it it averages out that I pd. @ $5.70ea. I can live with that and very pleased with: 1st ever purchase of eggs and 1st ever shipped eggs.

Hahaha - sorry I am somewhat anal about these kinds of thing and it helps me justify, if only to myself

, what I pd. for the 32 eggs.

Promise pics later tonight after last two get moved to brooder.

I'm scared to make those calculations....I did them at the first hatches with a 40% to 55% hatch rate....but with this last 3 hatches

....well, lets not go there. The incubation I have right now seems to be going better.

 

[Brookhavens]

I beleive my last has hatched - still one with a little hope another three I put in lockdown but didn't see any movement for about a week before, but you never know!

My count now is:
9 Australrops
4 bantam cochins

So, it looks like out of 32 SHIPPED eggs I had 13 make it and another 4 that were pretty well developed but something happened. So, I am going to call it a 53% success rate for viability & 48% hatch success. Granted the breakdown is: 9 of 12 (75%) blk. Australorps & 4 of 20 (20%) bantam cochins.

Which assuming all 13 make it it averages out that I pd. @ $5.70ea. I can live with that and very pleased with: 1st ever purchase of eggs and 1st ever shipped eggs.

Hahaha - sorry I am somewhat anal about these kinds of thing and it helps me justify, if only to myself

, what I pd. for the 32 eggs.

Promise pics later tonight after last two get moved to brooder.

I do the same thing. My last hatch resulted in only 1 chick out of fifteen. I call her my $30 chick.

 

[Brookhavens]

As of 6:30pm my 3 Araucana eggs are officially in lockdown. I candled all 3 - aircells look good and chicks are right where they should be. Now the nail biting begins. I swear the last 3 days never get any less stressful no matter how many hatches you've done.

 

[Overoberyl]

So some of my Catdance Silkies hatched

last night, YIPPEEEEE! I have pictures of two but I hear others under her I just haven't seen them. A partridge egg and a blue. Here we go...lots more fun tonight.

OMG how cute are they?!?!?!? That might be enough to convince me to get some silkies, they are adorable!!

 

[Feathersprings]

OMG how cute are they?!?!?!? That might be enough to convince me to get some silkies, they are adorable!!

Cute and sweet And they get cuter as they grow up!!!

 

[cindersga]

Okay folks I have some more sweet looking Catdance Silkie Babies to share. I now have one egg which is pipped and one egg that has nothing so far but I'm sure it will. This has been one of the sweetest times watching God's creation do it's thing. Here they are:








Now for the last two and I will have 7 babies. Out of 10 eggs only two were infertile and then the one that fell and broke who was a living chick. What a great hatch by my Lacy Girl. They are in the potting shed with 2 heat lamps and a portable electric heater to keep it at 90 degrees for the babies. Poor Lacy she is roasting in there.