Setting Eggs Sept. 24th-Oct. 4th-Last Hatch of the Year. Anyone care to join me?

[cindersga]

I am going to order silkie eggs for my daughter. Did I read that they are a little harder to hatch? Was that on this thread?

I just hatched Silkies under my broody and they did fabulous. Where are you going to get your eggs?

 

[cindersga]

CALLING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE ~ I just took some more pictures of two of my mystery chicks in hopes that at 2 weeks old you could tell me what they are, haha There is a black one and a black/brown/almost mille fluer colored one in it's tail feathers.




SPEEDY GONZALES, FLASH, STREAK, CAN'T CATCH HIM





SEE HOW HIS TAIL DIPS DOWN

THIS ONES TAIL IS UPWARD

LOVE THE COLORING ON THE WINGS

I LOVE THIS GUY!





OKAY FOLKS GUESS AWAY I'M ALL EARS

 

[Brookhavens]

Picanins eggs look good so far ... all 8 of them

I candled too because I had to move the eggs to the turning bator. Out of the 24 Silkie eggs I set from Karen (Catdance) I have growth in 19 of them at Day 6. 3 of the 5 had blood rings and 2 were clear. The 19 that are good have GREAT veining and active little chicks swimming around. My nail polish egg (the cracked one) is part of the good group.

 

[Brookhavens]

I am going to order silkie eggs for my daughter. Did I read that they are a little harder to hatch? Was that on this thread?

My last hatch I had a dozen local bearded silkie eggs set. It was my first time hatching Silkies.10 went into lockdown and only 4 hatched successfully. I had one zip the egg 1/2 way and then die in the shell. The others never hatched and they were fully formed. I remember reading somewhere on BYC that they were hard to hatch out. Maybe the Silkie thread?

 

[Leavingegypt]

We are near the finish line here, which is Oct. 15th. Wilma my BO is still sitting and has only got up once that I have seen. Little worried as she has waddled in the nest so much that most of the nesting is on the side. Hope to hear some peeping soon. Currently we have 7 eggs, 3 BO and 4 PR/BO.

 

[Brookhavens]

We are near the finish line here, which is Oct. 15th. Wilma my BO is still sitting and has only got up once that I have seen. Little worried as she has waddled in the nest so much that most of the nesting is on the side. Hope to hear some peeping soon. Currently we have 7 eggs, 3 BO and 4 PR/BO.

She is being a good mama. Good luck to you.

 

[Roxanneinla]

Hello everyone...i have good news and bad news on my part. I candled the eggs the other day and look about half are good and a few iffy ones. I started turning mine on Sunday, was doing really well until after my last turning at 2 am and woke up at around 4 am, my incubator was slightly unplugged and not on..My cats must have played by the cord and knocked the cord around...Still going to do my turning and regulate the heat and humidity.I had a a few towels wrapped around the incubator because it gets cooler at night. but i don't think that helped much.The temp was cold for the surrounding air..mid 70's and the temp on top of the eggs was in the 80s...I was reading that low heat is more harmful to more developed embryos..so idk if any will hatch for me.

I don't see any weeping eggs and checking for smell....hubby was being an insensitive prick and he knows i am very upset. Going to call up the breeder and tell him what happen and see if i can get on a waiting list or something......sigh

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Roxsanneinla - Don't give up yet.

I've had a broody get off the nest for two days thinking she had given up on the next, then she got back on and carried on with the motherly duties. She did have a small hatch but some did hatch out for her to my amazement!!!

I candled my 2 dozen again last night and have 8 clear and two with blood rings. I'm pretty bummed, but still keeping my fingers crossed with the rest. I think lockdown is the 15th for this batch right Brookhaven? I need to check my calendar.

 

[Roxanneinla]

Roxsanneinla - Don't give up yet.

I've had a broody get off the nest for two days thinking she had given up on the next, then she got back on and carried on with the motherly duties. She did have a small hatch but some did hatch out for her to my amazement!!!

I candled my 2 dozen again last night and have 8 clear and two with blood rings. I'm pretty bummed, but still keeping my fingers crossed with the rest. I think lockdown is the 15th for this batch right Brookhaven? I need to check my calendar.

Thank you ....really she got off her nest for 2 days :/ and some still hatched?? Wow ...lol go check your calandar i have mine right next to the incubator

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Yes, she ran outside when I opened up the barn and was all crazy acting running around like a silly chicken. Maybe she was just using some pent up energy. She would run around chasing some of the smaller ones and run in circles flapping her wings. I thought she had gone bonkers on me! She was at the door the second day waiting for me to open it up, then the next morning she was back on the nest. I think she was setting on about a dozen eggs and 3 hatched out.

Oh and one more story that might make you feel better. I made a home made incubator out of an unused aquarium that I had. This was my first attempt at incubating. I had a fan on it and two light bulbs for heat, had it down to a perfect 99.5 heat I was so proud of myself. I ordered a dozen Serama eggs and 6 Black Copper Maran eggs. Anyway, my electricity went of for two and a half days!!! I was about 17 days in the best I can recall. I tried putting a candle inside it for heat (I was so desperate!) I stared at it for hours watching the temp go down and fearfful the candle would catch something on fire. After about a day and a half I gave up on it. I was exhausted. Well I stopped turning them and everything. I had left the house and came home and heard a loud peeping. I thought a bird had fallen out of the nest somewhere close to the house. Well, low and behold I had one Black Copper Maran baby hatch out!!! I named her Miracle!!!

Here she is still wet!