Silkie Hatch-A-Long 2015

[Darnbunnies]

7 eggs in the incubator. I wish i had more, but thats the hazzards of a small flock

Your flock will be bigger in 21 days. -DB

 

[Agreed131]

I have 9 eggs on day 17. So excited for lockdown tomorrow!!!. My last hatch with this incubator ran at 19/20 days for other large breed barnyard mixes. I am hoping they hatch early so I can set my Easter hatch along olive eggers. I may candle tonight since my last hatch at day 18 I had two internal pips already. These guys are from a mix colored flock so who knows what colors we will get!!!

 

[katiec1824]

Ok guys I am really stressing out i have 10 Silkie eggs on lockdown today is day 21 and I have no pips!! I can see movement in 2 and air sacs look great in all....why aren't they pipping?!! My temp and humidity is perfect and has been constant throughout incubation. What should I do?

 

[ASilkieNest]

Ok guys I am really stressing out i have 10 Silkie eggs on lockdown today is day 21 and I have no pips!! I can see movement in 2 and air sacs look great in all....why aren't they pipping?!! My temp and humidity is perfect and has been constant throughout incubation. What should I do?

Leave them be for a few more days

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Hatched yesterday

 

[Rocky64]

Hatched yesterday

Adorable chicks, I collected my first silkie egg yesterday for hatching. I want to get at least 4 more eggs from her but she doesn't lay a lot and eggs can only be stored for about 10-14 days until viability goes down, and in that amount of time she would only lay about 2 more eggs, maybe 3. Not to mention I'll be incubating them along with pheasant eggs, so I want to start the chicken eggs at the same time as the pheasant eggs, so I can't wait too long. I could start the chicken eggs maybe a day later because pheasants take about 23 days to hatch opposed to 21 days for chickens.

 

[kristin07035]

6 more days...the wait NEVER gets any easier

 

[LisaLouHoo]

Ok guys I am really stressing out i have 10 Silkie eggs on lockdown today is day 21 and I have no pips!! I can see movement in 2 and air sacs look great in all....why aren't they pipping?!! My temp and humidity is perfect and has been constant throughout incubation. What should I do?

What happened, Katie. Any hatch?

 

[Agreed131]

three out so far and a surprise serama. I kinda wondered the whole time if it was a serama egg since the lady had those too

 

[Patti Naquin]

Hatched the night before and eating and drinking great!!