I have hatched many eggs successfully and this year started to try to hatch Silkies. I have been adding other eggs to the batch too (silkie/cream legbar silkie/benevelder Benevelder amongst others).
The Silkie cross breeds and other various breeds pip and zip just how they should. Spot on 21...
Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do.