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    Poor chicky

    Yes, silikies are very small. I think the maran is about the same size as they are! Thank you!
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    Poor chicky

    2 weeks ago I had 3 silkie chicks hatch (their daddy's a frizzle) now today only one of my Marans hatched I just want to know if in a couple of days could I put the Maran with the 3 silkies? I don't want her to be lonely!! Or should I wait until my duckling hatches, I should say if it hatches...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Okay so I was on here a few days ago and I was have issues with my hen and eggs that hatched but she was sitting on eggs that won't hatch for another week and 1/2. After talk with a few people decided to put the rest of the eggs in my bator. So in the bator they went! All was good for about a...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I'm so excited!!! The 3rd egg just hatched!!! Later I'm going to move the other 5 eggs into the bator and hopefully they will hatch on 9/6
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: No there would only be 8 babies, the 3 that are hatched and hatching now and then the 5 eggs that will hatch in 2 weeks from yesterday.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Okay thank you so much!!!
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    And if I put them in the bator when they hatch can I put them back under her at night. The chicks that hatched are silkies the chicks that will hatch in 2 weeks are a copper maran a frizzle a 2 EE. Right now I just keep checking on her to see if she is still sitting on them and she is but I know...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I'm not sure what to do?!?
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Okay the we bulit the bator, the humidity is at 50%
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you!! Right now I have her in the brooder, and she is sitting on the rest of her eggs with her 2 babies, it looks like the 3rd one is going to hatch too!! This is our first ever hatching!! And everyone is super excited!!!
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have read that too, but I'm not sure how that works. I have read that you should not open the incubator once the chicks start to hatch, and that the humidity needs to be raised the last few days, so with that said how do you move the eggs 3 times a day, and keep the humidity higher for the...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I tried taking the chicks away, but the only space I have for them is in a bathroom we don't use. I use the shower for my brooder, it works great, and I have a creat in the same bathroom that I use for sick chickens or for broody chickens. When I put the chicks in the shower they cheeped and...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Okay so I'm new at this.... I have a silike she is broody it's a long story but she ended up with two of her own eggs and a frizzle egg. I wasnt sure if those eggs were fertile (I don't have a rooster, but had bought some chickens at an acution when I got home I had one frizzle male had to find...
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    How long will a hen stay broody

    Okay so I'm new at this.... I have a silike she is broody it's a long story but she ended up with two of her own eggs and a frizzle egg. I wasnt sure if those eggs were fertile (I don't have a rooster, but had bought some chickens at an acution when I got home I had one frizzle male had to find...
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