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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    It hasn't all been plain sailing but it has been an education and we are very happy chickens.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    So it's day 23 of my first ever hatch. One chick hatched this morning but I have just discovered it dead and thrown out of the nest and my usually very calm and placid Silkie is having quite agitatedly​. She actually squacked and flapped at me then picked the chick up and threw it at me. Why...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Ah well I do know that she was very healthy before putting her on so yes point taken there, and she was chosen as she is the hen who has the tenadancy to go broody the most so potenitally the best hen for the job. Hopefully in 250 broody hens time I will have the hang of it as well :)
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Good point, thank you. I am probably worrying too much as its our first time and like a lot of people say it is all a learning curve. Mostly though I haven't interfered with her at all only those few minutes at dusk where they would want to go in anyway. I will stop doing that. I have just...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Good point, thank you. I am probably worrying too much as its our first time and like a lot of people say it is all a learning curve. Mostly though I haven't interfered with her at all only those few minutes at dusk where they would want to go in anyway. I will stop doing that. I have just...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    So a stupid question alert. My broody is now Day 11 of ours and her first hatch. All seems to be going well we set 10 eggs and discarded 1 dud egg on Day 9 after candling the others seem to be progressing. The weather over the next couple of days is meant to become a bit wintery. Will this...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you for that. We are really only looking to add to our little flock this time at least. We really want to just experience it and see how it all goes but given how addictive chickens are who knows what may happen in the future. We have 1, pekin cockerl, 1 frizzle pekin and 2 normal...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Hi everyone, I am a first time hatcher but we have finished our new separate run and got our nest box ready and tonight we have put our silkie on 9 eggs, so far she seems to have stayed with the eggs but we are trying to leave her alone and not fuss (which is killing me already!). We were...
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    Hi there everyone.

    Hi there and thank you everyone. I can't wait to get started. I am collecting eggs and getting a suitable nest box ready for my silkie so hopefully next weekend we can take the plunge into our first hatch. I am very excited about it I can't wait.
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    Hi there everyone.

    Will it be ok to let her hatch the other chickens eggs? Will she still mother them?
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    Hi there everyone.

    Thank you I will have a look at that thread now. x
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    Hi there everyone.

    Hi there everyone. I live in Norfolk in the UK and have a great size garden for keeping a few chickens, currently 6 but I can definitely fit in a few more!! We have chickens for around 10 years now. We started with hybrid birds but over the years have moved over to bantam breeds only. We...
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