So, last night after dinner we followed our normal routine...water the new tree, fill the pond, check chicken food and chickens....and check the broodies. So we're squatting down, me and hubby, chatting about who knows what and watching Cloud the Silkie when my husband goes "did you hear that!" And I'm like no, what? So we sit completely still and quiet, waiting for whatever he heard. And right as I'm about to rag on him for being practically deaf (thanks Marine Corp) I hear a peep! So we sit, more, and wait for something...and then we see it, a tiny Silkie baby pop it's little head out from Clouds wing. I can't even tell you how excited we were. We were out there for an hour, just watching. We saw two, but she was moving around like maybe more were hatching, every once in a while she were puff up and make noises.
We had to force ourselves to leave, and now I know how people mess up their incubator hatches, opening and closing the top. You just want "one little peek" to see what's going on. And of course, "If there's no picture, it didn't happen."
So we know there are two, and one is for sure one of her Silkies. But, she also has Cochins and Cochin mixes, so it'll be lots of fun figuring out the mommies.