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@junior67 . So fluffy and cute

That is also a bantam silkie

Who says that I give them away 😎 Its a bantam silkie

Now as promised the pics.

27 fertil eggs. 1 late quitter 2 did not hatch and 1 bantam silkie died in the incubator. Hatch rate 88.89. Pics tomorrow

Woke up and found a fluffy mess More coming. Only a few eggs are showing no improvement.

Finaly home. Many pips and almost second chick

First chick :) Sorry for the poor quality. Got it over wlan with the camera. I am still at work :cool:

Day 19 just a few hours bevore day 20 startet. One ore two eggs always pip on day 19 most of the others on day 20. As mentioned above. I always have one ore two eggs that pip early. Would not be concerned about that. Hatch: My chicks stay in the incubator for 48 hours to let them dry...

First pip :wee

Yesterday the eggs went into lockdown. Hatch day should be friday. Camera is set so I can check on them when I am at work :D

Only Info I found: Of course, mix chicks can have any color variation at will (genetic inheritance). Which in turn means that the identification color of mixed chicks does not have to be correct.

Silkies have 5 toes, feathers on there legs and the have black skin. But Kwoka just answered your question :D

just candled. had to pull one egg. 3 to dark to see somthing. the others are all developing good And this is one of the dark eggs

I just keep them in my basement with the other eggs. I store all my eggs with the pointy side down (keeps them longer fresh). No turning (Saw a Video of someone who tried all different storing methodes and there was no differenc in Hatch-Rates)

Aircell: Although I am much more confident then when I startet to breed. One of the few things I am still doing, is to mark the aircell. With the bigger part put on the upside my hatiching rate went really up. I am not so confident to rember where all the aircells where ;-). To keep the chicks...

Day 7, 14 and 18 from last year hatch. But did not weigh them

Day 7. Just candeld my eggs 2 non fertile out of 20 bantam eggs. And 2 olive layers and 1 dark brown egg are with a questionmark. They shell was to dark to see anything

@Lockdown/Candling: You have already got a few replies. But wanted to answer also: I take all the eggs out of the incubator. Candle them, mark the aircell and put them back in the incubator with the bigger part of the aircell up. And I do this without rush, as said the henn leaves her nest...

I am in for the march hatchalong. Set 20 bantam silkies and a few eggs of my mixed flock