Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[LadiesAndJane]

5 have hatched, 1 left.
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So sweet, congrats!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

My Saturday hatch is all finished and I got some lovely new babies! 5 of the mille fleur babies ended up hatching. I'm really happy with that number being they are from shipped eggs. Four of the 5 have naked necks. One I'm a little worried about because of the naval (possible omphalitis) but the baby is energetic and doing well so far so I hope it's not that. I love how much variety there is in down color with these guys. I can't wait to see how their pattern develops as they grow and I'm looking forward to seeing what feather type they have. I think frizzle might be a possibility which would be a lot of fun.

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I had some from some of my own flock incubating too that hatched as well. I didn't get a separate picture of them but here they are all in a big group along with the mille fleur babies. There are 3 blacks, 2 paints (that may be mottled as well as paint) and 1 either black split to mottled or possibly even fully mottled baby. Four of these (one black, two paint, and the split/mottled baby) have a naked neck silkie dad but he didn't pass it on to any of them.

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Here is the little one that is at least split to mottled I'd say and perhaps even fully mottled. I love the little pink and black beak it has. It'll be fun watching to see if it turns all black or actually is mottled.

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I'll have more from my flock hatching next Saturday too but this hatch was extra special because of the millie fleur babies! I'm hoping maybe I get lucky and get some mottled next hatch and perhaps that Nn dad might actually pass the naked neck to a couple babies this time.

Congrats on the great hatch rate. What cool colors they all are!
Can't wait to see how they all feather out.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

So funny, puff is next to Char and her chicks with a barrier that has holes in it, Char's chicks were poking their heads in the holes trying to get to Puff as she kept calling to her chicks where food is

 

[Silkie Princess]

Day 21, I put it back under puff since she was staying in the same spot at the moment and then when she moves into position for night time I'll move the egg again, if not hatched tomorrow I don't think it will not much hope with all the moving around.

Heat lamp? Oven? Rice packs? Hand warmers?

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Sad! :-( poor baby egg, those that grow all the way and then don’t hatch always make me sad :-(

That happened with my very first hatch...it just never internally pipped. Very sad

 

[kurby22]

That happened with my very first hatch...it just never internally pipped. Very sad

Yeah, I have lost soo many quail that grow to hatch day and are moving and just never hatch...no internal pip...just nothing I know it's nature's way but it's still sad!

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Yeah, I have lost soo many quail that grow to hatch day and are moving and just never hatch...no internal pip...just nothing I know it's nature's way but it's still sad!

Id be the worst, hatching all their shells myself 🛠

 

[kurby22]

Id be the worst, hatching all their shells myself 🛠

I know, it takes ALL the willpower to let nature be nature!! I DO help the ones that externally pip if I can tell they're still moving around...but my first hatch I helped a couple I shouldn't have and then watched them struggle and die outside the shell within hours. I learned a lesson to let them be till absolutely necessary. Nature can totally suck sometimes!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I place safety holes in mine after I have seen that they have internally pipped, as they will often need assistance if they have vaulted skulls, which about half of my chicks do. Nothing you can do really before then. I, too, have intervened too early with dire consequences. Makes you feel so guilty. I have learned to sit on my hands for the most part.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

The unhatched egg is still under Puff and she's shuffling it around with her.. I didn't see any pipping though only saw it for a second. If she ends up off it then I won't attempt to put it back under her again, maybe a weak chick / something wrong with it or it's dead already