Silky hatch-along and OdoBan on eggs experiment

[Debbie292d]

Hang on little eggies!

The breeder Debbie292d got her buff eggs from has cuckoo, I can't remember if that's the breeder that has black, blue, and working on chocolate cuckoo, mayne it was someone else. But that might help you get a jump start on some silkied BR?

Did you see she sent me 5 cuckoos and 3 paints?

The only bad thing, she said a couple may be NN's. We just can't get to liking them.

I didn't have either of the paint or cuckoo and must've mentioned it as we've been talking on and off for a month or two. I was her first "shippee" so maybe that's why she sent me 6 extras. I would have been tickled with 2.

Hubby said the way she packed them, they'd survive a nuclear blast. I sent her a pic of them when I set them, and she said the NR360s are what she uses most and likes the best. I think she said she's got three.

 

[Debbie292d]

hehehe, I see my egg's name has "or" now....
Oh yes, gonna say it....

I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!!

Yes, so easily amused!

Oh, should I remove your original ones? I liked Zoey/Joey too but I guess we figured we'd see if it was chocolate, it's Cocoa Puffs, if not, it's Zoey/Joey

 

[Debbie292d]

It's rattled my windows most of the night after midnight. Now I'm getting anxious for all of Debbie's little eggs and #22 just must pull through.

Well, they've been through hell already to go from one side of the U.S. to the other, to sit somewhere unknown on NYD. I don't think a few rattling windows can phase them now.

 

[Debbie292d]

What can y'all do during a prolonged power outage?
We had one right after we got chicks last year and honestly thought I was gonna have to stuff them in my shirt to keep them warm before the power finally returned. Can't imagine filling your pockets with eggs though

We don't get hardly any. The couple I can remember in the past few years lasted only 15 -30 minutes.

We bought a nice quiet generator for camping a few years ago but wouldn't you know we've never used it albeit it powered up the heating pad and hubby's amp a half dozen times at the poultry swaps where I'm selling chicks and he's playing guitar and singing lol.

I've heard of people just wrapping their incubator in 2 or 3 quilts and tuck in a couple of water bottles filled with as hot of water as you can get out of the faucet. That I would think would keep them pretty well for a couple hours or so, but the hot water is going to run out eventually, and then I guess boil some over a candle?

 

[fluffycrow]

While I was doing the first hatch ever, we had a 45 minute power outage while I was asleep, and only learnt about it way later. I don't know if it impacted the hatch rate, but I assume not, since no embryos perished the first few days after the event

 

[GreenJay]

Oh, should I remove your original ones? I liked Zoey/Joey too but I guess we figured we'd see if it was chocolate, it's Cocoa Puffs, if not, it's Zoey/Joey

LoL I'll keep calling her all 3 names -

Grow Zoey-Joey-CocoaPuffs!

Sheesh , that name is almost bigger than the egg!

Poor little cuckoo silkie egg got "adopted" by a real cuckoo, so sorry little one!

 

[2ndTink]

hehehe, I see my egg's name has "or" now....
Oh yes, gonna say it....

I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!!

Yes, so easily amused!

Cuckoo Puffs!

Also easily amused

 

[2ndTink]

Power is back. Was off for an hour. No harm done. Coffee is brewing.

Phew! I know I'm late to getting caught up with the morning's happenings, but you had me worried there!

 

[2ndTink]

Did you see she sent me 5 cuckoos and 3 paints?

The only bad thing, she said a couple may be NN's. We just can't get to liking them.

I didn't have either of the paint or cuckoo and must've mentioned it as we've been talking on and off for a month or two. I was her first "shippee" so maybe that's why she sent me 6 extras. I would have been tickled with 2.

Hubby said the way she packed them, they'd survive a nuclear blast. I sent her a pic of them when I set them, and she said the NR360s are what she uses most and likes the best. I think she said she's got three.

I saw that!!! That is so awesome, the cuckoos really are beautiful, and im starting to think i wouldnt mind some paints, I'm so excited for you!!!

If they hatch and are NN, the best option it to sell them ASAP before you get attached I didn't want frizzle or sati. So was going to see them off if they hatched. Hubby decided if a frizzle hatched "he" wanted to keep it. I hatched 1 frizzle, then he decides the satins are his faves and "he" needs to keep them too... Now the frizzle is one of my favorite all time chickens (ok, I have a lot of all time faves) I'm sure the same would happen if we hatched a NN

 

[Nomadicus]

I think Y'all have me convinced that chicken match with silkies is like Calculus III compared to high school algebra.