October Hatch-a-long 2022🎃🐣🍁

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Thanks, yeah they’re all silkies. Should be mostly bearded, too.

I LUV bearded babies!!!

 

[I Like Turkeys]

They are adorable!!! Congratulations!
Is the surface of that a little slick? You might want to lay down paper towels to protect their legs from splay leg.

Don’t worry, it isn’t! If it looks that way, it’s only because they’ve been scattering feed crumbs all over the floor. I’ve tested it, and there’s no slickness.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

DAY 14 for the “Layla” eggs. All 13 that were set still look fantastic.

 

[Clodill4rel]

For those who are interested, photos of the individual chicks.

These first two are both white, though one definitely appears more buff. Wing feathers in a week will be telling:

White 1:View attachment 3292727
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White 2:View attachment 3292729View attachment 3292728

Crele?:
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Buff 1:View attachment 3292732View attachment 3292734

Buff 2:View attachment 3292735View attachment 3292736
Black:
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Porcelain:View attachment 3292739View attachment 3292740

This last chick to hatch is supposed to be porcelain as well, though I see faint chipmunk stripes. Very pretty chick. It has a slipped tendon, so has a wrapped leg and a therapy chair. I hope it makes it.
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All 8 chicks have second toe feathering, 5 toes on each foot except for one of the buffs. A few with vaults, but most do not. Nice quality Silkies overall.

How do you get a porcelain ?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

How do you get a porcelain ?

I got this batch from a breeder who has several colors of Silkies including
Porcelain. They are created by crossing lavender with buff and it takes a few generations but eventually you get a porcelain. It is not a recognized color in Silkies yet and still a project color.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Yall tonight the lil cochins go into lockdown!
I need yalls advice please...
So Kebonnixs sent me a replacement incubator for the one that will not maintain 99.5 because it just gets to bout 98 then drops to 96.4
I've been testing the new one and it isn't getting much higher than 98.8 or 99.0 but is holding humidity well.
Because I have a staggered hatch with these Thursday and the Silkies next week would yall use the new Kebonnixs for the Cochin hatch? Or move the Silkies to the Kebonnixs and let the Cochins hatch in the Brinsea?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Yall tonight the lil cochins go into lockdown!
I need yalls advice please...
So Kebonnixs sent me a replacement incubator for the one that will not maintain 99.5 because it just gets to bout 98 then drops to 96.4
I've been testing the new one and it isn't getting much higher than 98.8 or 99.0 but is holding humidity well.
Because I have a staggered hatch with these Thursday and the Silkies next week would yall use the new Kebonnixs for the Cochin hatch? Or move the Silkies to the Kebonnixs and let the Cochins hatch in the Brinsea?

You have a bit of a dilemma on your hands. You’re going to have to decide for yourself what you’re going to do but I know that many people reduce the temp a bit at lockdown. I do not.
If it were me and I had to choose, I would use the Kebonnixs for lockdown but it is not ideal.
You may risk losing the cochins though, I’m not sure. I recommend posting your query as an individual thread under the incubation forum for more advice.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Colors are coming in beautifully with this little girl/boy! Her wing feathers are in so I thought you'd like to see how it's coming

 

[Clodill4rel]

I got this batch from a breeder who has several colors of Silkies including
Porcelain. They are created by crossing lavender with buff and it takes a few generations but eventually you get a porcelain. It is not a recognized color in Silkies yet and still a project color.

I’d like to show u pictures of what I have an get your thoughts on what they would make if you would like….. I have an idea on trying to get one but I dono if it will work!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

You have a bit of a dilemma on your hands. You’re going to have to decide for yourself what you’re going to do but I know that many people reduce the temp a bit at lockdown. I do not.
If it were me and I had to choose, I would use the Kebonnixs for lockdown but it is not ideal.
You may risk losing the cochins though, I’m not sure. I recommend posting your query as an individual thread under the incubation forum for more advice.

Yeah I just really hate this! It feels too eerily like earlier this year when I woke up to the two lils chirping that had hatched from you then few hours later when I got up they had passed and we couldn't figure out what had happened...it has to be the incubators! I'll never use these again other than letting hatched chicks fluff up!!!