Who else is setting... I wanna see pics!

[RedHead]

I think I've possibly talked hubby into letting me get some, I've just gotta build a coop for them, but yes I have no 'evil silikies' lol

 

[Paganbird]

If mine were laying, I'd send you some... just to bring you over to the "dark side."
LOL

They are totally addictive.

 

[Stazia86]

I'm on day 20. Went into lockdown on Sunday @7:00 pm. Okay, i'm waiting...tap tap tap...and waiting...tap tap tap.....AND WAITING!!!!!Okay i know tomorrow is the "hatch day" but i keep checking the bator to see if any one has pipped yet. three weeks and it's now come down to this....dun... dun DUNNNN! I have turned by hand everyday anywhere from 9 times to 5 times the last few days (careful not to jostle the little ones), now tomorrow is the day!!

i'm so excited i just can't wait !
cute pics everyone!

any one on the threshold of hatchday like me?

 

[RedHead]

lol well thanks for the thought anyways! If I could somehow secretly get my hands on some silkie eggs and stick em in the bator, hubby probably wouldn't say anything, but I'm sure if I asked him right now he'd tell me to wait till we get the bantam coop built and then I probably wouldn't have silkies for another 2 years

 

[Paganbird]

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I have buttons hatching right now... cortunix due today/tomorrow/whenever?
And my chicken eggs go into lockdown today.

 

[sethsleader]

Just so im up to speed
pipped- is that when they peck a little hole in the shell?
Zipped -can I take this as a crack?
(and Ive got the hatched bit)!

DH has gone out, he's bored?? I don't get it Im rivited!

 

[farrier!]

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So sorry....dyslexic here can't keep names straight!

 

[Paganbird]

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Just do what I did...
Hatch the silkies, then tell DH that they have to have their own coop before you can put them outside.

Surprisingly, my DH loves the silkies! He thought they were "weird looking muppets that don't have a purpose" (because they don't lay well & have tiny eggs... and the birds, themselves, are too small to eat.)
But after thay hatched, We ended up with a gorgeous blue. Dh fell in love with her. Here's my husband toting this little grey chick through the house, talking to it!
He kept "Toodee" on his lap almost the entire time they were in the house. He also named 2 of the sizzle chicks - "Liz" (Elizabeth Taylor) & "Coco" (Chanel) - I think he's got a weakness for the cute ones!

 

[farrier!]

where's the picture!!

 

[Paganbird]

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pipped - poked shell, not necessarily a hole, sometimes just a dent
zipped - when the chick makes a crack around the shell... to pop the top off and get out (kind of like a can opener)