Silkie thread!

[FishMtFarm]

They would have to be broody in order to sit on them tho.

 

[Silkies4Life1216]

They would have to be broody in order to sit on them tho.

Oh okay! I mean, they may be broody. You just have to test it out I guess.

 

[NNYchick]

Had to share this little cutie I hatched. Have to grow it out and decide if it's a keeper. Super friendly and adorable as heck!View attachment 1303142

So Cute.This little one keeps making me think I NEED a showgirl. I keep having to remind myself - goals for this year 1) coop expansion 2) set up blue/splash pen.

 

[NNYchick]

Oh okay! I mean, they may be broody. You just have to test it out I guess.

Do you mean you want to take the eggs in the incubator out and give them to hen that may or may not be broody? I wouldn't do that at this point.

 

[Silkies4Life1216]

Do you mean you want to take the eggs in the incubator out and give them to hen that may or may not be broody? I wouldn't do that at this point.

Well he says his power is going out, which means no heat. It’s worth a shot I would think.

 

[NNYchick]

Well he says his power is going out, which means no heat. It’s worth a shot I would think.

oops, I thought the post was meant you wanted to take your eggs out at day 22 and give them to a hen.

 

[Hinotori]

If a hen is broody, it's pretty obvious since she wont leave the nest. Putting eggs under a non broody hen is pointless.

Power goes out, wrap the bator with blankets if it will be back up soon. An hour or so of very slow cooling won't hurt except at hatch. If you have a gas stove heating water to fill bottles and putting them in will add heat. If you use handwarmers, make sure there is an open air source into the bator as handwarmers use up oxygen.

I know a few years ago someone someone had eggs hatching and lost power. She put them in her clothes against her body in a desperate move to save them. They hatched fine.

We lose power frequently out here during certain times of the year. We are also one of the last for restoration. I have wood heat but that is dry. Only eggs will drive me out into a storm in the middle of the night to set up the generator. Even the fridge can wait a few hours for light.

 

[FirstTimeClucky]

They would have to be broody in order to sit on them tho.

I have two hens, one's a Silkie and the other is a bantam cochin. Neither of them are broody. The Silkie makes a big fuss, cackles, squawks, builds a nest for herself and sits in it for hours. Then when she lays - she gets up and walks away.

The eggs I was incubating were stone cold when they turned the power back on. I don't think they'll survive, if they were fertile in the first place. I had wrapped the incubator in a blanket but 8 hours was too much time without power. I've left them in anyway for a couple more days just in case. I also set 4 more eggs that I've been collecting for the past few days. They're marked with their lay dates so I'll know which are which.

 

[JudysMuscovy]

I have two hens, one's a Silkie and the other is a bantam cochin. Neither of them are broody. The Silkie makes a big fuss, cackles, squawks, builds a nest for herself and sits in it for hours. Then when she lays - she gets up and walks away.

The eggs I was incubating were stone cold when they turned the power back on. I don't think they'll survive, if they were fertile in the first place. I had wrapped the incubator in a blanket but 8 hours was too much time without power. I've left them in anyway for a couple more days just in case. I also set 4 more eggs that I've been collecting for the past few days. They're marked with their lay dates so I'll know which are which.

I don't think you should give up yet, I had eggs in the incubator and took the lid off and forgot to put it back on and went to work and came home and realized that I left it off and they were cold and no movement.i left them to warm up and checked the next day and they all were active and actually hatched.

 

[Hinotori]

The rule with eggs is warm them back up and wait. They might be just fine