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    Egg bound hen - am I handling this right?

    Gads whatever you do don't force or break the egg. I curiously wanted to know if she was sitting with her wings lowered and her head lowered sort of drooping to the ground or if she were just holding the egg and otherwise looking fine. You will surely lose your hen. Are you feeding oyster shell...
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    Chicken died while brooding.

    These were the first brood to hatch and there are four left who are now teenagers. I need to get more photos with a real camera but this will have to do for now. Interesting the coloring they have when they are first hatched eh? The second brood that hatched two days ago are >20 in number and...
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    Chicken died while brooding.

    Sad for your loss but remember friends as you pass by that all alive are born to die. Even the old oak will lose it's leaves but has left it's mark in making more trees. I would doubt very much that at 5 days she died from starvation. My personal experience is that they go into a sort of...
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    Unsure if I need a rooster or not?

    I guess I'm just lucky. The rooster here finds food and chuckles to the hens to "come get it". He doesn't seem to eat much but every so often he will eat the next worm, forgoing for the hens to eat as much as available of the succulent bugs and such. At the bowl where the wild bird food and...
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    Silkie Brooding for Months

    I'll suggest that you put fresh water and feed near her but let her decide when to get up. They seem to know when they should get up and what temperature the eggs are. I also heard that if the temp of the ambient air is at least 55 degrees, the eggs should be fine for a few minutes (no more)...
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    Silkie Brooding for Months

    I have to post a "laugh" that you rescued her from an office parking lot. She must have known anything was better than wherever she was and it is heartwarming to hear you love her and care for her as well. Best wishes and happy trails
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    Silkie Brooding for Months

    What I also did was provide fresh water bowl and a large platter with chick starter and some wild bird food (fats from sunflower seeds, etc.) Every chicken is fine, healthy and sweet as they can be. These chickens are pets, not just eggers or bug eaters. I just love them. I was ready for the...
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    Silkie Brooding for Months

    Hi and yes, a few days later they began to hatch. Nature is the only way to have things. There were about 10. Now some months later there are four viable, three hens and one rooster. So cute teenage type chickens. They are skittish and not as friendly as the grown birds. I'd had placed them but...
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    How long do Silkie Bantam eggs need to hatch?

    no, definitely let her sit/set. i took an egg that is exactly as you described, it had what looked like an air pocket at one end. silkies are tiny ittle things. i opened the egg and it was alive so im now a murderer and it pains me to think i could be mother nature. my hen has been setting...
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    Silkie Brooding for Months

    I don't have an answer but my first encounter with silkies and brooding and baby chicks. I don't know what to do. i totally believe in letting nature take her course and yet don't want to lose my hen. there are three baby chicks now and how long will she set without getting up? she was getting...
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    Hen still setting...11 days after first chick hatched.

    I have no clue how many eggs were viable, when they were laid or what but three have hatched, I accidentally killed one thinking a month and a half was too long for this hen to set and put the other eggs back. The baby chicks are too adorable for words. little silkies, white with black eyes and...
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    Chicken died while brooding.

    I too wondered if there were some preexisting condition because setting for 5 days is nothing. I just wrote a book about my hen and hope the moderator posts it but my hen has been setting over a month - she too has clean fresh water daily and natural seeds and grains set out for her within...
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    Chicken died while brooding.

    I am having a horrible experience myself. One of my (new) silkies began to set. It was still very cold here as well. Northern Nevada. I have a great insulated coop and heat light so wasn't too worried except the nests were constructed on the floor and the door is open to the elements yet boxed...
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