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well, she hatched out her 7 and was doing great.....so as the ones in the incubator hatched I slipped them in with hers and she's doing just fine. She has 10 out there with her now. I have one that still hasn't hatched (day 23) and I just candled it and didn't see any movement. I am going to...

Mama pushed her out last night. She's still alive, but barely. RIP lil chick.

I have a chick that is the 6th one to hatch. Her egg got smooshed I think....but she's out now.....she hatched about 6-8 hiurs ago. She's dry and fluffy but her eyes have not opened and she's not making any effort to stand up. Her neck is very wobbly and it seems almost as if it's broken. She's...

Thank you :) she's a big girl (RIR). It's hot here right now, at night it gets down to about 50. But she's in a box in the coop that's insulated, so I think it's plenty warm.

I have 14 eggs hatching. 6 have hatched. 2 more are on their way any minute, 2 have pipped and then there's 4 more that haven't done anything yet. I was not expecting them all to hatch but so far it looks like I'll have 10 for sure and possibly up to 14. I can hand raise some of them, but I'd...

Hi, I haven't locked them in there yet because it's been in the mid to high 80's where I am. Way to hot to be locked in their small house. They can def walk up the ramp. They play on it during the day......little boogers.

Hi have 7 (9 week old) silkies. They are now outside in their own area with their own little house. EVERY night I find them piled on each other chirping unhappily in some corner of their yard and EVERY night I pick them all up and put them to bed. I have tried setting them outside the door...

Hi all, I have a group of (6) 6 week olds that I hatched and have raised since then. I just moved them out to their own small coop and run (separate from the adults). I got three more chicks that are the same age (hatched one day apart). My 6 are picking on the new 3 relentlessly. So the...

Aw, I hope it makes it! Let us know :)

What I read and did last spring and it worked well was to put the "babies" to bed in the coop and not let the big girls in there until after dark. In the morning when they wake up they are just there and it all seemed to work well. I did not do this tho until they were like 12-14 weeks old. I...

I think it's called Partridge and may end up looking like this maybe?? This is Zayne, the papa of my 7 babies that just hatched :)

I love this thread! I just hatched 7 silkies! I am so excited to find out what they are as they grow :)

my girls go in their coop almost every afternoon for a little afternoon nap. they live the life of leisure. it's not hot or cold where I am. I think they just like napping on their roosts

yea, that's what I was thinking also lol. I also have 1 day old silkies that I am going to be introducing to my small flock later this summer and he is way too big for them so he was gonna have to go anyway. I'm just glad I found a good place for him.

I just rehomed my rooster today and am feeling sad about it. He was a BIG RIR roo. He was super sweet and friendly and even my 6 yo could walk right up to him and pick him up. I hand raised him from one day old. He would come up to me and let me him pick him up....I'd hold him and pet him and he...