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    Eggs hatching under broody hen.

    Update at all? Maybe with pics? Anymore hatch?
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    Eggs hatching under broody hen.

    Give them a couple days. You can also candle the eggs and if they are clear inside than they are duds.
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    A pair of 13 week old silkie gender?

    Well my silkie hen just started laying eggs at 26 weeks and I would say my little rooster started crowing about 18-20weeks old. If you see them raise their neck feathers and fight it’s a pretty good indication that they are both roosters. But to be 100% confident in your answer to gender you...
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    A pair of 13 week old silkie gender?

    When you pick them up are they both about the same body size or is one smaller than the other? If one is bigger than cockerel for sure. How about their combs? Any purple/red color or still pretty dark? Take a close look st their top knots. If the top knot looks longer than tall almost like...
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    HE is a mix. I got some eggs from my husbands coworker and hatched them under my broody hen last...

    HE is a mix. I got some eggs from my husbands coworker and hatched them under my broody hen last Dec. I think he is either half polish or half Icelandic because he has a few extra feathers on this head and so does his offspring. And his other half could be EE or marans.
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    Another newbie question... sorry!

    If they have started squatting, I would say for sure within a couple weeks they should start laying. It's always exciting waiting for them to start laying. Be on the look out all over they have access too. They might start and it could be on the floor or outside if they haven't realized that...
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    Minnesota!

    Greetings my fellow MInnesotans!! I am new and have been told to introduce myself so here I am. I live in northern MN and I have honestly lost count of how many chickens I have, but it's roughly around 4 dozen. I have quite a few different breeds and a few "barnyard" mixes. I had chickens...
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