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Thanks for the infos. Yes with the eggs that she's laid, I've collected the older eggs and kept the recent ones in the nest still. She laid another egg today as well.

Hey guys. So earlier this year my silkie hen laid a first batch of 9 eggs. Sadly they were all infertile. She then laid another batch of 14 eggs but again they failed. Now with her third batch I just need to ask some questions. 1. How long can an egg be in the nest without being sat on by the...

And today she laid the 9th egg. Update: I just went to check on her and she's sitting back on the nest. She's never on the nest at this time. So could it be possible that she's settling down? By the way I live in Australia so my time zone would be different

So during late March my silkie hen laid eggs and she's laid 9 so far. In the past 2 days I saw her sitting in the nest but only during mornings and afternoons. When I went to check on the eggs there were more added to the nest. Is she just laying eggs or is she ready to settle down into the...

Ok thanks for the replies. Hopefully she will lay some more eggs and become broody then in the next month or so I could have some silkie chicks

So I know silkies are broody and all but my hen has layed 5 eggs and she's not sitting on them. They're fertilised because I also have a rooster with her. Would the reason of her not sitting on the eggs be that she is inexperienced and Im thinking that if I get another hen but more experienced...

Hello again. I have a pair of Silkie chickens (rooster and hen) and a young Malay rooster who loves together. They get along cause they've been together since they were little. Anyways the silkie hen has started laying eggs but the Malay rooster keeps going into the nest box and messing it up...

Ok thanks for the reply. Just one more question, if my silkie is going broody and the eggs are fertilised will my Silkie hen continue to lay everyday or just one egg every 2-3 days ?

My silkie hen just laid its first egg today and since I have a rooster I think the egg might be fertilised. But after she laid the egg she sat on it for a couple of minutes and then left. And since then she hasn't sat on the egg yet, so would anything happen to the egg or will she sit on it again??

Hello everyone, I've found some new names for my chickens and have done a poll, separate one for hens and roosters. So I would love it if everyone could participate in the poll. Thanks. For the poll I have 3 hens and 1 rooster so I would only like for everyone to vote 4 times. 3 times for the...

You read my mind.

Thanks for the names. I was thinking that if I had 2 hens, because 1 I'm not sure if it is a rooster or hen, then I would name both of them Anna and Elsa as well.

Hey everyone, I was thinking about choosing names for my chickens because I'm getting tired of calling them chicken 1 and chicken 2 and so on, but I can't think of any names. Would any of you guys have good suggestions as to what names I should call them. And if there are a lot of names I will...

Well, I built a play pen for my chickens and it seems that living in its "natural" habitat made my rooster get better. He's been eating, drinking and socialising with the other silkies. Thanks for all the help.

Well this happened after I washed him and the others and this afternoon when I went to check on him the others were still fine but he just sat there and when I went to pet him normally he would run away like the others but he just stood up and let me pet him. There are also 3 different chicks (I...