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Uh... Normal Silkie black is not based on E... its based on E^R or E^Wh. It will cover split bases, but not as well as E, especially if you loose some of the melanizers that change those bases to the solid black. I have only recently been seeing E based Silkie chicks, they are not common and...

Wait until day 7. Day 3/4 is only a few veins - and if you don't have a really good light and LIGHT eggs you can't see anything. I can't see anything in any of my blue eggs until day 14 anyway. Silkie eggs (white) are easiest to see into, some brown are ok - but the dark brown are harder.

Awwwww, so CUTE! for ALL girls (hope I don't jinx it)....

They didn't/don't look that bad to me. I have seen much worse hatch under a broody hen - and she pooped on them.. twice... broody poop! I didn't touch them and they were fine. You don't even want to see what ducks incubate and hatch - ewwwww. Just do NOT wash the eggs! That is a sure way to...

70% sounds good to me, once they start pipping the humidity will go up from the hatching chicks. Mine ran about 69-75 when hatching.

When I was growing up we had one fenced area we couldn't use for the horses, so we rented it to a guy to keep a steer. I was young and dumb back then, so I asked what the cow's name was. I was told Stu. So when I would feed it the alfalfa the guy brought over to supplement the grass that was...

I think you may have had a few too many celebratory drinks..either that or your smart phone thinks its smarter than you are... Harvard, huh? Well educated chicks! Congrats on the lotsa girls!

I was looking for cat or dog carriers at the thrift store and my mother asked me why I wanted them, I don't have a cat (any more) and only one dog. I said.. chickens!

Welcome to the thread, and I think your idea for distracting the kids is GREAT! And yes, if you are already anticipating needing more incubators - then you already would be considered an official "incubator addict" Perhaps look at building a larger one? There are several good articles on...

Well, if its broke and won't cool - I would say let him try and fix it. When he gives up then you can have him "fix it" for you. If its a leak in the freon (or whatever they use for cooling now-adays) he may find it costs more than its worth to fix it. Compressors aren't cheap either. Just...

I would not claim to be an incubating expert. But I know I wouldn't want to hand turn the eggs - I have a terrible memory, and a LIFE! So - either I would forget when I was here, or I would be somewhere else... and forget when I came home. I also agree on doing something stupid like dropping...

I'm sorry.

When you run only one egg do you put heat sincs in with the egg to hold the temperatures steady? I have heard of putting rocks, bottles of water, etc. in to hold the temperatures - I was wondering if you did this? Bad Dorkings!