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    7 1/2 month old Silkie hen is broody. What to do?

    Wow well that’s good to know! I figured if she didn’t have anything under her after a while she would just stop but guess I thought wrong! Thanks for the input!
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    7 1/2 month old Silkie hen is broody. What to do?

    That is too funny that she had a hidden stash of babies that popped out unbeknownst to you:lau I actually think it’s pretty cute and endearing that she wants to be a Mama Hen:love Although I’d be a bit sad, I’d still be ok if she never laid again and just had her around. I would never get rid of...
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    7 1/2 month old Silkie hen is broody. What to do?

    So if I somehow break her from this habit now, there’s a strong possibility she will go broody again at a later time? This might be more of a nightmare then I thought! What I might just do is once all the others have laid for the day, I will close the door to the coop area so she doesn’t have...
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    7 1/2 month old Silkie hen is broody. What to do?

    I have been trying to retrieve the eggs soon after they are laid by the other hens but the Silkie will still lay in one of the boxes even without having an egg under her. So if I were to leave her be she would eventually realize she’s not hatching any eggs?
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    7 1/2 month old Silkie hen is broody. What to do?

    Thanks for the tip! Should I just leave her and let her do what she wants? I’m not that bothered that she has gone broody I just have always heard to break the habit if you aren’t planning on having them hatch chicks. I did enjoy fetching her little eggs even though it only lasted a few weeks...
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    7 1/2 month old Silkie hen is broody. What to do?

    Thank you for response! I did know beforehand that silkies are known for being a broody breed. This is our first experience with raising chickens and we wanted a variety within our flock to keep it fun and interesting. I have two children who just turned 5 & 8 and the main reason we decided to...
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    7 1/2 month old Silkie hen is broody. What to do?

    Hi all, I have 6 hens all around 7 1/2 months old and all different breeds. 5 of them began laying within days and weeks of each other back in late April/early May except for my only Silkie hen who was the last to start laying. She began to lay the second week of June and had only been laying...
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    2 Silkie Roosters 4 Months Old in need of re-homing. Hollister, CA

    We unfortunately learned that two of our silkies are roosters and we painfully cannot keep them because we live in the city. They have been well taken care of and raised together since they were just a few days old. We would like for them to go together and have another loving home like the one...
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    New Arrivals- 6 Week Old Wyandotte’s. Pullet’s or Roo’s? Also they are SO skittish help!

    Hi everyone! Just wanted to give an update with some photos of the Wyandotte’s we had gotten a few weeks back. They are now 8 weeks and starting to change a bit. They have come a long way (still skittish at times) but not nearly as bad as when we first brought them home. It’s been quite an...
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    New Arrivals- 6 Week Old Wyandotte’s. Pullet’s or Roo’s? Also they are SO skittish help!

    I am really hoping the red is not a cockerel :( I do see what some of you are talking about... I’m just hoping she’s more of a confident girl:fl. I may try the DNA sexing through Animal Genetics to find out. I’m going to try it on one of my silkies that I am unsure about so I might as well try...
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    New Arrivals- 6 Week Old Wyandotte’s. Pullet’s or Roo’s? Also they are SO skittish help!

    I do see some very small differences in their features but they are also different sizes- one is a bit larger then the other so I’m not sure if that’s plays a roll in how developed they are. I have also noticed the smaller one (the silver laced) seems to be trying to hide behind the other one...
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    New Arrivals- 6 Week Old Wyandotte’s. Pullet’s or Roo’s? Also they are SO skittish help!

    They seem a little more relaxed this evening. Not all scrunched up in the corner together like they were before!:love
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    New Arrivals- 6 Week Old Wyandotte’s. Pullet’s or Roo’s? Also they are SO skittish help!

    Funny you say that because we also have a Barred rock and she is the most sweetest, calmest and just super chill chick out of all of the ones we have. She lets anyone pick her up and just hangs out. I thought it was because when she was just days old, she literally was knocking on deaths door...
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    New Arrivals- 6 Week Old Wyandotte’s. Pullet’s or Roo’s? Also they are SO skittish help!

    Thank you for this!
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    New Arrivals- 6 Week Old Wyandotte’s. Pullet’s or Roo’s? Also they are SO skittish help!

    Thank you! Nighttime temps have been around 40 degrees at the lowest give or take and our 6 have been doing fine. This is actually their 3rd night sleeping out in the coop together. Some of our 10 week old bantam silkies are about the same size as the 6 week old Wyandotte’s and they’ve adjusted...
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