Posts by Chicken Chat

You said you already have silkies.  I've got several myself and at any given point I have at least one broody silkie.  Any thought about letting a broody foster them?  I just did this a couple of months ago, used two...

So precious!

I have a holly tree on the outside of my fence that hangs over into their run for more than 10 yrs now.  I've never seen them eat the berries or had any go sick on me so it should be fine.

I have two silkie mamas that are raising their babies together.  The first mama had her baby for a week until the other two hatched for mama #2.  They both share the same nest and show each other's baby what to eat but they...

I think the humidity would be an issue, too high for where that lone one should be.  Do you have a broody hen who could babysit that one until your others hatch?

You can let her take care of everything.  I have two broodys raising chicks in the flock now.  I let the moms sit on the eggs at first but ended up taking them away and incubating them inside and giving the chicks back to them...

Quote:Originally Posted by Cargbrock I brought one of my silkie hens inside and put her in a crate... I let her sit in there for a bit to get used to it... She and the chicks in the brooder were "talking" to each other......

slurrywidow, I haven't posted about them since the 5th.  Been really behind on things at the house, working on roof.  Here was the post, it was way back there.Quote:Originally Posted by Chicken Chat I feel really bad, I...

I have a serious case of broodiness going on at my place.  Several of my other silkies are jealous of my two mamas with babies, so now I have 4 more that have gone broody on me.  Unfortunately I don't want to start anymore this...

Quote:Originally Posted by BarnGoddess01 ok - so here they are - 7 weeks old tomorrow - still very much a familyThe Bantam White Rock Frizzle (my tiny angel) -...