Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[FortCluck]



I don't know why but I love the feathered leg chickens. I guess maybe because most are big so they can handle my boy Squatch. He's a beast.

 

[baby-blue]

Long time no see! I just candled most of my eggs - stopped in the middle of it to make this comment. It’s D14 for my silkie eggs and most of them seem to have died. All other chicken eggs seem perfectly fine. The silkie eggs have no more visible veins, no movement, and a big black blob inside of them. What could have happened? It’s only the silkie eggs from my neighbor - my own silkie eggs are perfectly normal. I’m so bummed! Attached is a photo of one of the bad eggs.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Long time no see! I just candled most of my eggs - stopped in the middle of it to make this comment. It’s D14 for my silkie eggs and most of them seem to have died. All other chicken eggs seem perfectly fine. The silkie eggs have no more visible veins, no movement, and a big black blob inside of them. What could have happened? It’s only the silkie eggs from my neighbor - my own silkie eggs are perfectly normal. I’m so bummed! Attached is a photo of one of the bad eggs.

Oh no! That's so disappointing, I'm sorry! It sounds like it was something related to the flock from your description. It could be a genetic issue or health related.

 

[FortCluck]

Long time no see! I just candled most of my eggs - stopped in the middle of it to make this comment. It’s D14 for my silkie eggs and most of them seem to have died. All other chicken eggs seem perfectly fine. The silkie eggs have no more visible veins, no movement, and a big black blob inside of them. What could have happened? It’s only the silkie eggs from my neighbor - my own silkie eggs are perfectly normal. I’m so bummed! Attached is a photo of one of the bad eggs.

I'd say it's the breeding stock. Something genetic or something else.

 

[baby-blue]

Oh no! That's so disappointing, I'm sorry! It sounds like it was something related to the flock from your description. It could be a genetic issue or health related.

I'd say it's the breeding stock. Something genetic or something else.

Unfortunately that’s my thought too. I’m just so sad about it! I’ll have to recount my live eggs and see how many I have left.
Good news, though - the local feed store said I can sell chicks and ducklings there!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Good news, though - the local feed store said I can sell chicks and ducklings there!

Wow! That's very exciting!!

 

[Phillyndilly]

More babies have started to hatch I hope I get more silkies

 

[gimmie birdies]

First of this batch...plus pips. She is talking about it. *THEY ARE NOT IN A TURNER FYI.

That is not a turner, I just put egg cups in to make more room for eggs in incubator.

 

[Trisseh]

So candled my d10 Icelandic’s / day 8 silkies (since I had the bator open) and had 2 quitters (one looked super fresh, the other had a thick nasty blood ring) from the Icelandic’s, and one questionable silkie. That leaves me with 4 Icelandic eggs and 7 silkies. Not sure why those 2 died, they were alive and bouncing the last time i candled on day 7. oh well. Still plenty of others and I didn’t need all 14...

 

[gimmie birdies]

This chick looked black when hatched now looks more silver/blue, Below is a stuffed crow to keep it company while it waits for other chicks to hatch, along with food and a mirror. And tiny quilts.

The lady who sold the eggs says it is Blue andelusian, and Blue maran mix.