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My second Silkie egg quit during lockdown so it was a good thing we got the other two to keep the lonely one company. I'll probably try again with some local eggs

Two Silkie eggs made it lockdown and one's hatched day 19. I didn't have chick starter so asked the Mr to pick some up a small bag on the way home. He got that plus two Silkie cross chicks just in case the other egg doesn't hatch, My other eggs aren't due for a week and a half so worse case he...

one of the Silkie eggs quit so I'm down to three. all of them hatching would be great but I hope at least 2 do so I don't a solo chick, well until the next batch hatch at least

4 of the 6 Silkie eggs are developing. cant see anything in three blue/green eggs yet. I'm hoping I get a blue and/or a splash out of the Silkies but knowing my luck any that hatch will be white

One of the dogs got to eat one of the blue eggs as it broke more while candling. It was fertilised so that's a good sign, hoping the three good ones develop which I'll be incubating upright and just tilting due to the air cells. The six Silkie eggs arrived packaged beautifully, all intact with...

I'm about to now, I just needed to calm down a bit first. This isn't something you can just miss by accident, they purposely sent three useless eggs

They are born solid black, any with a heat spot are cockerels. That's how you can sex them at hatch

My NN cross eggs arrived and I'm not happy. Everything looked OK when I opened the package and the first three eggs shells are normal and intact, the air cells free floating and bubbly though (risk you take with shipped eggs), pulled the fourth egg from the carton and was like what the heck why...

As we head in to winter here ALL my hen have stopped laying so I had packed away the incubators, only to pull one out again LOL. I have been eyeing off a breeder that crossed naked necks to produce blue laying NN, well finally gave in and now have half a dozen of them plus half a dozen Silkie...