Well, the two silkie eggs didn't make it.
I feel like this guy here---->
Yesterday was only day 21, but something didn't feel right to me. This gut feeling....Anyway, I finally decided to open them up last night, and I was right----they were dead. One of them had actually pipped the inner membrane, but that's as far as it got. It was fully formed--yolk sack absorbed. The other was also fully formed, but had not absorbed the yolk sack, and of course never pipped at all. So disappointed!
On a brighter note, all my mutts hatched. And all but 7 of my quail hatched. I have the 5 chicks with the quail right now. They are all getting along great. Here are pics:
Oh, and pnut------I keep a small cage on my porch, with two lights in it, and I keep it covered to keep out drafts. That's where I put my hatchlings the very day they hatch out. I keep them there for at least a week, usually two, and then move them to my large brooder. It's really all about making sure they stay warm, and keeping the drafts out. I don't have to use heat lamps until late into winter. Right now I am using two hanging lights with deflector shields and 60 watt bulbs in them. Also, I use hamster water bottles, instead of the ones that sit on the floor of the cage. That way they don't get their litter all wet. I've lost more chicks in the past to wet litter than I care to think about. They learn very quickly about the water bottle. After I put them in, I wait til they settle in, and then I gently squeeze the bottle, they hear the noise and come to check it out....and voila!!! water....works great, less mess, too.
On a brighter note, all my mutts hatched. And all but 7 of my quail hatched. I have the 5 chicks with the quail right now. They are all getting along great. Here are pics:
Oh, and pnut------I keep a small cage on my porch, with two lights in it, and I keep it covered to keep out drafts. That's where I put my hatchlings the very day they hatch out. I keep them there for at least a week, usually two, and then move them to my large brooder. It's really all about making sure they stay warm, and keeping the drafts out. I don't have to use heat lamps until late into winter. Right now I am using two hanging lights with deflector shields and 60 watt bulbs in them. Also, I use hamster water bottles, instead of the ones that sit on the floor of the cage. That way they don't get their litter all wet. I've lost more chicks in the past to wet litter than I care to think about. They learn very quickly about the water bottle. After I put them in, I wait til they settle in, and then I gently squeeze the bottle, they hear the noise and come to check it out....and voila!!! water....works great, less mess, too.
i put the two that already hatched in a 55gallon aquarium(no water in it lol only in their feeder) and i put some red lights in there. i had some white ones in but i went to canadian tire and got these so i'm trying to regulate the temp atm. 
Congratulations everyone! what a bunch of adorable babies!!!
