What's wrong with their feathers?

[kathyinmo]

Alice,
Good luck! ..... Just FYI, mine did hatch a day late.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Good luck Alicefelldown.

Edited to fix smilies.

 

[SteveH]

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Best wishes Alice . I really hope and pray some of them beat the odds that your incubating chart is showing .

 

[alicefelldown]

JUST looked and saw that egg #10 has pipped!! And for as much as I want all of them, all we really need is one, technically speaking.

I can't stand not being able to open the 'bator, take the babies out, and smash my face into their fluff. It's HARD!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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[SteveH]

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[averytds]

 

[kathyinmo]

Oh geeeezzzzz, now we are ALL gonna be up all night!

 

[alicefelldown]

No kidding... I thought I was pretty obsessive with checking the temp too frequently (every few hours while awake) but now? When BABIES are in there?? I've been practically living inside the closet, flashlight in hand watching them flop around.

All is right with the world when baby chickens are around.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

pips&peeps :

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No, if they are silkied the chicks will be silkied. If they are fray, they will be hard feathered. Recessive genes take two copies to express. So if Julie's birds are silkied, bred to a silkie then you get silkie chicks. If it is anything else, you will get hard feathered chicks.

Sorry, I get my right and left mixed up too.​