#%$*!$-it....my ONE silkie that made it to 21 days...

[Three Cedars Silkies]

...by day 23 had pipped the aircell but not the egg. I put a TINY hole in the egg in the aircell area and waited another 24 hours. Still nothing. No peeping but I could see it's beak move a bit. Waited another 24 hours and figured something was wrong. I went ahead and hatched the chick and sure enough, the umbilical cord had wrapped around it's leg TWICE. I think it must have had some brain damage due to decreased circulation.

I don't normally hatch silkies...these are for my daughter's grandma. This silkie had a HUGE vaulted skull. Could that have been part of the problem too? When I first started hatching it, I thought it had a tumor in place of it's eye!! Sad...

But I have some more eggs in the bator on day 15 so we'll have others soon.

 

[Laskaland]

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Awwww!! Well, people say there is a reason some do not hatch... I guess for yours, you know why..
Good luck on the rest, gator!!
Hugs
Christina

 

[swtangel321]

awww, so sorry

Did you happen to get any pics ??

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

No, I didn't get pics...but I should have so I could post them for folks to see.

Are their vaulted skulls always so prominent??

 

[flamingauburnmustang]

I'm not so sure about that question, but I'm really sorry about your chick.

I wish you luck with the rest of the eggs, and keep us posted.