Recent content by alison98

My little silkie girl went broody so on the 16th of September i got 3 cream legbar eggs for her. I candled at day 7 and all seemed to be going well. Then on day 20ish I thought the hen should go into lockdown (she doesnt really know what to do brooding wise, i have to manually lift her off to...

happy to find at least another couple of Irish on here! I'm in mayo btw

you shouldn't have a problem, silkies really are determined moms! Two of mine just went broody in the middle of winter. making the nest boxes nice and cosy seems to help too.

I have her in a spare room in the house so I'm monitering her real close and I know she isn't having anything without me removing her, and not even water then :(

wasn't sure to post this here or in the hatching thread sorry! also my first post, been creeping the last year but too afraid to join in. I know broodys sometimes need to be removed from the nest to eat/drink but my young silkie hen went broody about 3 days ago, and has eaten once I removed her...