What are your hatch rates with shipped Silkie eggs?

GJ_Kate

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12 Years
Feb 27, 2011
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Just wondering. Are they extra delicate? This is the first time I've incubated any shipped eggs and I received 9 nicely packaged eggs, but when I candled, all but two had detached air cells.
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I set them on 4/6 and I candled today and one is definetly developing with another possible one. The rest unfortunately don't seem to be doing anything. I really had high hopes for these. They're for my son's first 4H project.
 
I had about a 60% hatch rate with shipped Silkie eggs last year, but I haven't tried any so far this year. They did much better than the Serama eggs that I tried (only 3 out of 18 hatched with them & I lost one of those w/in 24 hrs). It seems like Silkie eggs are just a little more sensitive, I guess. Good luck
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