Set 13 hatching eggs. 8/28/09 *Update* 4/4 hatched! Lots of PICS! pg3

[paintedsavvy]

Day eighteen down. 3 to go!

I candled again tonight and the four good ones still looked good. I decided to pull the questionable one. I opened it up and boy was it stinky! The embryo must have quit about a week ago, maybe earlier. I decided to pull it because tonight I noticed that the air cell was moving around and it was questionable anyway. Glad I did, cause it was rotten!

I'm so excited that these are getting so close. I'm amazed my Silkie has stayed broody for so long. I think it has been like 5 weeks or something. I'm glad she will get a few chicks to raise.

 

[paintedsavvy]

Day nineteen down. 2 to go!

One of my Banty eggs has a pip! Can't wait to see the progress in the morning!

 

[neferset]

I'm crossing my fingers for you.

 

[paintedsavvy]

I have 4 out of 4 pips!

And I can hear cute little peeping!

 

[paintedsavvy]

Yay! I have two cute babies hatched and I can see that the other two are working hard to get out. I bet they will be out by morning! So excited, I will post pics soon!

 

[chickenlittle32]

Woohoo! Congrats! Can't wait to see pics!

 

[paintedsavvy]

Yay! Here's the two that I got pics of last night. I'm headed out to see if I can get some more pics in a bit.


This is Parti (Silkie, left) and Poncho (RIR X Egyptian, right)

 

[ANGELCHICK]

How sweet! Congrats!

They are so cute...

 

[paintedsavvy]

More pics!

Pippy - Old English Game Bantam

Poncho - RIR X Egyptian

Parti 1 - Partridge(?) Silkie - possible Sizzle

Parti 2 - Partridge(?) Silkie

The only way I can tell the Parti-s apart is their toes! Parti 1 has 9 toes and Parti 2 has 10 toes. Other than that, they are basically identical.

Some group shots-

Fuzzy Butt!!!

 

[PrincessSweetChick]

Congrats ... That's a pretty crew. My sitting silkies hatched an egg last night, so I have an early chick. What do you feed them? Chick crumbles? Do you put food and water in the nest? I have never done this with a mother hen present.