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    Silkie hatching her own eggs

    We moved the hen in her nest box inside last night as I noticed one chick had gotten out of the box and possibly stepped on :-( he was pretty lethargic last night but we tucked him under mama and this morning he seems more alert though still not moving about quite as much as the others. We're...
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    Silkie hatching her own eggs

    Hi there! My silkie hen has been sitting on her eggs for the past 3 weeks and I noticed three if te 7 eggs hatched sometime this afternoon. I have a couple f questions. 1. When should I take the unhatched eggs out? She's been sitting for 20 days today. 2. Do the chicks need anything different...
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    Newbie Help

    Hi Everyone, I'm very new to the whole backyard chicken thing. I have a silkie hen and two roosters. I know there should be more hens to roosters but they came as a set. Five days ago we started getting eggs at one egg a day. I'm hoping to hatch them but the hen is not broody and spends all day...
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