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  1. Morag

    How many chickens do we all have? 60,083 and counting.

    I'm up to 53 (33 little chicks) so Morag 53 50081 + 53 = 50134
  2. Morag

    I have a couple chicks acting weird

    Mine do that, they are outside but love to burrow and then bask in the sun. They could be a bit warm but probably just dust bathing and chilling out
  3. Morag

    Mixed chicks

    I hatched 32 mixed chicks just over 3 weeks ago, I have wyandottes standard and bantum and silkies/silkie crosses red, black and white. They all free range together so not sure who is who's daddy! I'll try and post some pics, some of them look like your little ones.
  4. Morag

    New chicks a week apart...can new momma and babies go in with other ma

    I have 6 hens all with chicks in one pen but they've paired up and each pair has its own area and shares a brood, 2 pairs have 9 chicks and the others have 8 they don't mix even though all the chicks hatched on the same day, eggs moved from the bator on day 17. Previously all the hens were...
  5. Morag

    Silkie/orpington chicks just hatched, need advice.(URGENT)

    Looks like a good set up and a great mum. Hope all goes well.
  6. Morag

    Wanted to share pics of my babies :)

    Very cute!
  7. Morag

    Hatching silkie eggs

    Yes, 21 days.
  8. Morag

    From bator to broodies chick PICS wanted to share

    Just wanted to share, I love my new babies 10 days old today. The adults are silkies, wyandottes and 3 aracuna crosses, all free range together so not sure what the chicks will look like when they grow up.
  9. Morag

    Need Your Help With Broody Hens!

    I have 6 broodies sharing one large run but 3 sleeping areas, all the eggs were started in the bator so all hatched together. They have paired up, so 2 hens sharing 3 broods, 26 chicks altogether So far I've had no problems. I did try and introduce a 7th hen with 2 late chicks and the others...
  10. Morag

    Please help my chick can't stand up

    I kept my little chick for 12 weeks, it didn't grow, hardly had any feathers, just down. In the end we culled it. It could never have survived in the coop with its big brothers and sisters and although I took it out every day I think it was lonely. The one with the crooked neck has just become a...
  11. Morag

    From bator to broodies chick PICS wanted to share

    ] Started with 2 chickens, last year hatched 15, put 39 eggs in the bator 3 weeks ago and 8 hens went broodie so moved eggs just before lock down and look what I got. I think I'm addicted!
  12. Morag

    Newbie to chickens need silkie sexing advice please.

    I got 2 big hens for my birthday last year, Beartrice got eaten by a fox after we'd only had her for a few weeks and I thought honey was lonely so I bought an incubator and hatched 6, then she went broody so I got some more eggs and she hatched 3, then I was hooked and hatched another 6 and now...
  13. Morag

    anyone good at sexing /ageing silkies???

    This is my big silkie, he's 25 weeks old and hatched from some mixed eggs, he was the only silkie out of 6 chickens that hatched. I decided to hatch some more to keep him company the little ones are now 4 weeks old.
  14. Morag

    Newbie to chickens need silkie sexing advice please.

    Hi and welcome. I'll be watching this thread as I have 11 babies (supposed to be silkies, one definitely isn't) that are 4 weeks old, I don't want to keep too many roos so will be looking to re home some of them but no idea which ones are which. A few of them have started play fighting and when...
  15. Morag

    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    One of my babies got out of the brooder last night and obviously couldn't get back in, I found it dead this morning. It must have died of the cold, it was freezing here last night, frosty this morning. I'm so sad, I feel like it was my fault, I'd left a little blanket in the box for them to...
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    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    I have 12 adorable silkie chicks, from 30 shipped eggs I had 11 clear, 1 blood ring, 12 healthy chicks that hatched within 24 hours of each other on hatch day and switched the bator off this morning. Of the 6 left, they were all fully formed but never pipped. I wish I knew what went wrong, the...
  17. Morag

    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    10 little silkies move to the brooder, number 11 just arrived and 12 on the way! Just hatched, in the cat box en route to the brooder, and in the brooder
  18. Morag

    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    Quote: Some of mine pipped last night but didn't hatch until tonight so far there are 7 out nearly 24hours later. A few have small pips but half of them haven't done anything yet. I had 18 left in the bator and they all looked good when I went to lock down. Not sure how long to wait before...
  19. Morag

    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    6 little silkies out so far, bang on time yipee! 12 left with some pipped.
  20. Morag

    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    Hatch day tomorrow and I've got 3 pips and cheeping! 2 have pipped the wrong end but big holes so fingers crossed.
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