I'm so bummed. Out of my 8 Plymouth rock and 7 silkie eggs, I hatched 7 Plymouth rock and 1 silkie. I purposely put my silkie eggs in my small circular Brinsea because I figured they would hatch all my themselves and do very well. They were alive last night and by tonight, they were dead in the shells. It looked like they didn't even internally pip, and there was a little yolk sac left. The one needed to be pulled out of the egg and was completely ready to hatch. He got his head out, but it couldn't unzip. He/she is doing great. But, I wish I knew what happened with my other 6 silkies. So bummed about them. I was so excited! I think I might just stick with my Styrofoam bater. I have been having really bad luck with my small Brinsea. I can't help but think they would be fine if I had left them in the Styrofoam bator.
On a positive note, my show silkie that hasn't laid in over a year, laid an egg about a week ago, and it is fertile!!!!! I am so excited, because I didn't think I would ever be able to get an egg from her. She is older. She is a blue silkie and she is in with a white silkie, who I think has black genes, because I have gotten blue silkies from this pairing a long time ago. I need for this little baby to hatch, because I would never forgive myself if it made it all the way until hatch and then didn't pip like the ones today.
