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    24+ hrs after internal pip...and nothing?

    First time hatching and I have three (shipped) eggs under my broody bantam silkie. She’s as devoted as ever. I set the eggs in the evening of 4/7. 4/28 was the predicated hatch day. Initially my broody hen was in the main coop but kept getting kicked out of her nest and leaving the eggs for...
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    Broody Silkie and first time hatch/moving questions

    Good news! So far at least. We moved her during the night and she seems to have taken to the new location. She’s been sitting on her eggs ever since. We even threw together this broody coop real quick yesterday evening so she’d have her privacy. It’ll double as a brooder house when her chicks...
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    Broody Silkie and first time hatch/moving questions

    Hi All, I know this question has been posed many times and there's probably no direct answer. But I just need some opinions. My bantam Silkie has gone broody for the first time. She seems to be committed as she's been sitting on her nest for 5 days. I don't have fertile eggs, so of course I...
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    Bantam Silkies

    I was wondering that! Thank you!
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    Bantam Silkies

    Hi! So I’m new to all of this- BYC and raising chickens. Bear with me! I know determining the sex is difficult at best, even more so with silkies. But I’m hoping to see if anyone with much more experience than myself has any input. We were told our chickens are bantam silkies, approx 6-8...
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    New here!

    Hi All, I’m new to Backyard Chickens (although I’ve been reading threads for quite a while!) and we recently found ourselves with our first chickens- so we’re new to raising chickens as well! A long story short, we went to buy two rabbits from a breeder and ended up coming home with 6...
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