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I think the pattern is how monogamous the species is. Chickens generally are not very discriminatory breeders. Males in a natural setting assure their genes are passed on only by keeping a few hens close, breeding them often, and fighting off any other males that attempt to breed those hens. But...

Ughhh, I need a brooder full of bobbly babies, STAT!! 😍 Yeah, recessive white is pretty common in Silkies, so it does fit... but, of course, that only works if they feather in pure white. Of course! For science! You have no choice but to! 🤭

Oh, I missed a quote somewhere along the line, but happy to hear your little upside-down baby made it, too!! :yesss: :jumpy Good job!

Oh, goodness! I guess she's been a busy gal! 🤭 I would agree that that looks mauve, yes. I suspect the yellow ones are recessive white. Which leaves the silvery ones... 🤔 Might have to let them start getting feathers and look at those. The lighting makes it hard for me to be positive, but...

How many chicks hatched from her and were any of them dark? I'm thinking recessive white is at play here. Silkies are known to have the gene and it can be carried unseen until two carriers happen to breed and produce white offspring. That lighter colored cockerel looks like a leaky splash or a...

Brownish membrane = dry Papery and white membrane, maybe yellowish tinged around the beak = normal Waiting another hour should not hurt either way, though :fl This is more or less how I do it. I don't actually use a hygrometer in my incubator ( :oops: ), but I'll fold up a paper towel and...

Excellent, so Zip is good at following directions! 🤭 You'll probably have to let little one fluff up a bit to figure anything else out! Are the little one's nostrils pretty well clear of the egg's membrane? Still 'chewing' or has that stopped entirely? Does it look like the membrane is turning...

Oh!! Okay! That is step one! Now you just gotta zip, and then you're ready to go! 😁 By the way, Dawg changed her username, it's @ShrekDawg now!

I would not do anything until 24 hours has passed at the soonest. Wrong end pips mean that baby has had to skip internal pip and gone straight to external pip. Those can take longer from pip to hatch as a result. Just try to be patient and give baby plenty of time to work it out on its own. :fl

Got some early risers in the bunch :love What a pretty baby!

The way I see it is that development does not start the second you put the eggs in the incubator, it takes a minimum amount of time for heat to penetrate the egg fully and trigger development in the first place. So counting set day as day 1 does not make sense to me, personally. 21 days is 3...

I only use the foam ones or the clear plastic ones. I was personally afraid that the cardboard/paper pulp ones would suck all the humidity out of the air which is why I don't use them. However, I have not actually tried that kind in the incubator so I don't know for sure that they would really...

There is potential for it causing some issues, yes. For example, I've had a case where an egg was rolled so that its pip was against the floor and it closed back up, suffocating the chick within. I really don't think it significantly reduces the hatch rate overall, however, like you aren't going...

Lock down day! Babies are on the way!! :wee They'd probably be fine on their side, but my personal preference is to hatch eggs slightly upright in an egg carton, as that also prevents them from being rolled around by chicks that hatch before them. I've seen those rope pictures as well and that...

Haha, his nose does look a bit weird in that picture! He was giving his best look of disapproval because if I remember correctly my sister was cutting up vegetables for dinner that night and he was insulted that it wasn't meat. 🤭

Haha, I do! 🤭 He's actually a stray that just showed up here one day, believe it or not! I suspect traditional Balinese, personally, because he's around the right size for one (and pretty small for a Ragdoll), plus there is a breeder of Balinese not too far from where I live. However, I don't...

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I once candled eggs that I had set just the day before because I felt like it had been longer since I set them. 🤭 Needless to say, the lack of anything visibly happening was a bit alarming... until I rechecked my dates and realized my mistake! Usually I start peeking at day 3 or 4, though. I...

So true... Although I'm very guilty of candling super early even if I know I won't see anything yet 🤭

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that! I love them, but looking into them as a complete novice at taking care of plants of any kind, they seem like they're pretty tough to raise. I have the utmost confidence that you'll get your remaining ones back to happy little rubbery stone thingies again, though. 🥰