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Such a great thread! I'm planning out my 4th coop :idunnoand still found good ideas that I hadn't even thought of! :wee

Hatched 13 out of 16 set! I'm one happy girl!

13 our of 16 set

Lockdown today! 15 of 16 :eek: (1 didn't develop) Welsh Harlequin duck eggs made it, I'm so!:wee Now I just have to sit on my hands for the next 3-4 days:pop

Sorry to hear that, at least you still have some girls. They are beautiful!

Hi Ron! Still have your Pintas?

Hey all! Haven't been on in forever but wanted to say "Hi"! There's no way I'm catching up on the thread but I hope all is well. I'm down to 1 small mixed flock (for various reasons), plus my daughter's backyard silkies, but still loving my birds. For Mothers Day I bought myself 16 Welsh...

Hi all! I'd like to join in on this one. I have 15 Welsh Harliquen duck eggs on day 18 in my incubator, only had one infertile that was tossed on day 10. We haven't hatched anything this year and it's been 2 years since I've used the bator. And these are my first ducks! I'm more than a little...

It sure looks like a silkie mix to me.

My 5 co-broodies showing their chicks how to dustbath for the first time.

I have done both with success so it's really up to you and your flock dynamics. If you have a way to block off the nests they are sitting in when the chicks start to hatch (to keep nosey hens from disturbing them) and the coop is safe for chicks then I would leave them where they are. You will...

Thanks for the heads up! Think I might join in on that one. :)

I have 3 in my layer coop: Blue (LF Cochin) and her daughter (hatched by Blue on 12/1/14) are raising 3 from Vicki's eggs and Cyndi (cream legbar) has 2 feed store EE. In my Bantam aka Broody coop: Elsa (silkie cochin) has 7 - 4 Orps from Jeff, 2 bantams and the mauve orp from Vicki and the...

I've only done it once. But I waited until nighttime when she was asleep on the nest and the babies had fallen asleep under the brooder plate. I cupped the chicks in my hand in case she freaked out and pecked and slipped them under her from behind and then pulled out her dummy eggs. I did this...

If you don't want more chickens then either break her or you could let her sit on fake eggs for a few weeks and then give her some feed store pullets. That way you're not stuck with roos to get rid of - pullets are easy to find homes for. Some hens will never go broody again; or will only brood...