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    Broody ate babies?

    Thank y'all for the replies and advice! I have this broody locked in a crate RN but I think I'm going to build a small coop and run for when things like this come up.
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    Silkie chicks 11 weeks old

    Both of these white ones also ended up being males, the partridge is a female. Hope that helps, but I'm not a silkie expert. I've only had a few.
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    Silkie chicks 11 weeks old

    My white one turned out to be a male and the buff was a female, if that's helpful. The females usually have more of a round pouf and the males feathers on the head are usually all different lengths. I will post some pics of mine now to show the difference
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    Silkie chicks 11 weeks old

    Do you have any other silkies the same age to compare it to? He may still be too young
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    Broody ate babies?

    That's so sad 😟 did she still hatch the rest of the eggs?
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    Broody ate babies?

    Lucky me, another hen has become broody 🤦‍♀️ we made a crate for her so hopefully this ends up better. I've had chickens for 4 years and never had a broody, now I've had 2 in one month lol
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    Broody ate babies?

    We do have rats in the barn. Didn't think they'd eat chicks but they do eat their own babies so why not
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    Broody ate babies?

    Honestly it's my fault. I should have locked her and her eggs up smh.
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    Broody ate babies?

    The last time I checked was 2 days ago. They were all there and I candled them and they were all alive still 😔
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    Broody ate babies?

    Ok thank y'all for the info. I should have found a way to keep her locked up. I'll know better next time 😟
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    Broody ate babies?

    Would they eat the whole baby, bones and all?
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    Broody ate babies?

    Yes unfortunately she went broody in our barn which ain't closed up like our coop is at night. So that could be, but I wasn't sure if that would be the case since all the other chickens seem completely fine and we haven't had any raccoon problems in a long time. Also the mama is walking around...
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    Broody ate babies?

    I have a buff orpington that has been sitting on eggs for 19 days. I went out to check on her this morning, as the eggs were supposed to start hatching today. 6 out of 7 eggs were gone, there were shells lying around like the babies had hatched but no babies in sight. One egg hadn't hatched (I...
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    Ayam cemani x barred rock

    What a pretty chicken! I ended up not keeping the babies so I have no idea how they turned out
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Doing good down here in FL! Just got a small silkie flock and hatching Easter egger babies🥰
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