Silkie Holiday Hatch-a-long

[KV Silkies]

@KV Silkies Thank you!

@jorey one of my Buffs just pipped!! I must have just missed it!!

you need to put something next to them so I can get a feel for how super tiny they are!

for size reference!

 

[jorey]

@TwinArrowsFarm Yea!!!. I candled tgis morning and 2 of 3 were internally pipped so I did little hole in top and sure enough shrink wrapped. Opened hole a little bigger and moistened membrane and stuxk in hatcher. Will see what to do when I get home. Would be so nice to get home and they are hatxhed. Fingers crossed. Any news on your pip?

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

for size reference @KV Silkies

I have 3 external pips out of 8. I think one of those was dead when I candled yesterday so it's probably 3 of 7. I'm so nervous. I am debating if I should help at all. I am worried about the air cells and my humidity is in the high 60s. I have 3 containers of water in there. What do you think I should do @jorey

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

Wow... out of the 8 I already lost 4 to shrink wrap. Beautiful splash babies. Makes me sick. I decided to intervene with the other 4. Moistened the membranes. It's going to be a long night...

 

[jorey]

@TwinArrowsFarm I'm sorry twin. When I got home I moistened membranes and ones veins were gone so I peeled back membrane and I see this morning its almost out. The other two had big veins still so I just moistened and put back. Once I get more coffee in me i' ll check them. I' ve pretty muxh decided that I will have to help everyone incubated here. My other eggs have 9 days left I'm s. ticking wet sponge in there today. Might be to late but I'm gonna try. On better note... I found a flock of showgirls and pick them up the week after easter. some of the hens are laying already. Yea!!!! That's my news. How are your 4 doing?

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

I have 3 out. The first out last night still had a small amount of yolk left. When I woke up 2 more had made their way out. I have 1 white one who looks amazing. The other two have crooked toes and just look a little weak. None of them have vaulted skulls. The 4th is still in the egg and still has blood vessels. I'm just going to pray he comes out in decent shape. I have to work 10 hours today so he might have to figure out how to do the rest on his own. That's awesome about the show girls!! I can't wait to see pictures!

 

[jorey]

Yea for babies! I peeled back membrane this morning on the other 2 and both were out by time I left. So as of this morning I had 1 black and 2 white. One of the whites is vaulted. Hopefully they'll all still be good when I get home. Left them in bator to fluff and dry. Tonight i' ll seperate brooder in two and see wich of the older chicks i' ll stick in with them. I did that last time and it worked pretty good. Kind of babysat the little guy and showed him the ropes.

 

[jorey]

Yes, I know, pics. Lol. I'm awful about pics. I probally have one pic a year of my daughter in the last 14 yrs and those are school pics. So bad of me. She graduates this year and a friend reccomended doing a board of pics from over the years. I laughed at her.

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

Is it me or is something not right with this one?

 

[jorey]

It has a vaulted skull but is the eye missing?