Silkie Hatch-A-Long

[Debs55]

My first silkie!

yay!!!!!

 

[subhanalah]

I have 11 eggs in there! One pipped, one zipping and one hatched!

 

[KV Silkies]

congrats on pipping zipping and hatching!

did 10 day candle saturday, have 9 viable right now. (started with 12, tossed 3, had one clear, 2 blood rings). come on day 21!!!

 

[Debs55]

So I have 4 chicks that hatched on the 22nd (shouldve hatched on the 20th..they were 2 days late) and 4 eggs left that should've hatched on the 22nd...should I candle them tonight or leave them?

 

[KV Silkies]

So I have 4 chicks that hatched on the 22nd (shouldve hatched on the 20th..they were 2 days late) and 4 eggs left that should've hatched on the 22nd...should I candle them tonight or leave them?

hmmm, since everyone is running two days behind i'd wait another day, which is pure torture though I know. good luck either way!!

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

@KV Silkies what did you run your humidity at before lock down?

 

[KV Silkies]

@KV Silkies what did you run your humidity at before lock down?

before lockdown, i'm at mid 40's to upper 40's. this last batch I let it get down to lower 40's and my weights were off, so I boosted my humidity to high 40's up to 50 from day 7-10 and weights are almost where they need to be now. so on next time around will stick more with mid to upper 40's for sure. this is what works with my incubator though, but had awesome hatch with last time around, 16 out of 18 and 2 were late quitters. this time around have 9 viable out of 12, one was clear, 2 w/ bloodrings, and one of the blood ring eggs was really porous and was the odd one that only showed development on half early on.... so hopeful for these 9. all shipped, I do have one saddle shaped air cell tho, hope the little bugger makes it... hope this helps some as I seem to have blabbed away, lol

 

[subhanalah]

Okay, I have three shrink wrapped in the shell, 4 hatched, four pipped/zipping.

I know what went wrong, I did not increase my humidity early enough and these guys just got squeezed right out, we'll at least the first one. I haven't removed the two others yet.

 

[KV Silkies]

Okay, I have three shrink wrapped in the shell, 4 hatched, four pipped/zipping.

I know what went wrong, I did not increase my humidity early enough and these guys just got squeezed right out, we'll at least the first one. I haven't removed the two others yet.

sad for the shrinkwrapping, but woohoo on chicks! it's all a learning experience every time it seems. can't wait for some more pics!

 

[Debs55]

Aww. Tell us...well, maybe just me. I haven't read the whole thread. Anyway.
Still air or forced? Temperature? Incubator? Humidity?

A broody silkie hen. She had two clutches because another hen abandoned her eggs on day 11



I guess I will wait until tomorrow night and see what happens. Fingers crossed for chickies when I get home