Silkie Hatch-A-Long

[Debs55]

My hatch day was yesterday and still no chickies

 

[subhanalah]

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

 

[angelsun]

My hatch day was yesterday and still no chickies

Here's hoping that they are just a little late. Do you see any cracks in the eggs yet or hear any peeping?

 

[angelsun]

I think that we are maybe done until the next batch

(Partridge Silkie Eggs) due in a few weeks. These are the chicks born yesterday 3-20-2014. Out of 15 eggs from Kentucky; 7 hatched. Out of 6 eggs from Georgia; 5 hatched. Who can figure? All were in the same incubator. It seems kind of strange as the Kentucky eggs were here in 1 day while those from Georgia took 2 days. I guess that you never know what happens on the way with USPS.

I still have 5 eggs in the incubator but am fairly sure that 4 are dead. Thought that the one might be hatched by this morning but nothing. I'll probably give them another day.

Everyone hatched seems fine and healthy. The very tall reddish tinged Showgirl was the only one to require any assistance. I think that its positioning was off inside the egg. It was starting to shrink wrap, so I kept it covered with a damp papertowel and kept chipping away at the egg and gave it Gatorade with an eyedropper. His/Her name is "Kappa" because of spending several hours in a bowl in the incubator.

Wishing everyone else a successful hatch!!

Kelly

 

[Debs55]

Here's hoping that they are just a little late.  Do you see any cracks in the eggs yet or hear any peeping?

Nope when I checked her this morning there were 2 eggs sticking out so I raised the hen up alittle bit to put them back under her and I saw no evidence of hatching

 

[Debs55]

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

If you're asking me. A broody silkie with 2 clutches under her...another hen abandoned her eggs so this hen inherited them

 

[subhanalah]

Peeping! I hear peeping!

 

[angelsun]

Peeping! I hear peeping!

Yea!!! Peeping!! So happy for you!!!

 

[subhanalah]

My first silkie!

 

[angelsun]

@subhanalah

Congratulations!! SO cute!! How many expected?