Jill wrote:
> 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.
>
Well all the healthy ones popped out within 12 hours. The last couple
eggs which didn't hatch were dead in shell for various reasons, mostly a
couple days before hatch. One chick had a hernia, not unabsorbed yolk,
which had a fair bit of membrane wrapped around and 'round against the
skin, like it had got knotted up in the shell. Never seen anything like
it. I unwrapped it (which is how I know) but it didn't survive which is
probably a good thing.
--
Ginny - in West Australia
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