by " Jill" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 8, 2008 at 01:38 PM
Ginny wrote:
> Amy Blanken****p wrote:
>> "Ginny" <glvl88@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:K6ydnS-wr6ImodvVnZ2dnUVZ8q2dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Another fine batch of silkie chicks are popping out all over the
>>> tray in the incubator.
>>>
>>> However they are a day early, again. They are all healthy, I have
>>> checked the temp with three different thermometers and everything
>>> seems to be right with humidity. They just come out on day 20. This
>>> is probably the third time (eggs from the same breeders). I was
>>> blaming the warmer days of summer maybe causing the stored eggs to
>>> develop slowly over the week before incubating but we have been
>>> having lovely cool weather for a month now. Maybe the parent stock
>>> were early chicks too but I don't know.
>>>
>>> Oh well, it isn't im****tant really. Just thought someone else may
>>> have some ideas.
>>
>> Chicks under a hen will usually hatch in 20 days. Sounds like
>> you've got something right!
>>
>>
> Oh that's okay then. I haven't hatched under a hen for ages and always
> thought the standard was 21 days. Most of my normal hen eggs take that
> long.
so have ours, bantams can be a wee bit shorter.
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regards
Jill Bowis
Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Food
http://www.kintaline.co.uk
