Aww sorry to hear about your loss :hugs hopefully fingers crossed your next hatch will be better in my experience if you keep two broodies together they tend to fight over the eggs which results them not hatching :fl
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Ella
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How are things I have just got back from camping and everything brilliant just thought I would share some pics of sunshines first time out with her now 21 chicks as one of the little yellow mystery chicks had died after the day my uncle bought it over but all the others are...
Heya team,
Well today has been an interesting day sunshine now has a total of 22 chicks as my uncle has bought over another six today and she has took to them very well and is such a good mummy and now we are going to extend her living area as she has so much I will try and get some pics Tomoz...
Alright heya team broody so I need your advice what do you think I should do okay so at the moment with the silkies I have three white hens one white cockerel and two blue hens that I am going to collect in the next couple of weeks and I am thinking of purchasing two other hens and I am not...
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TG no that's fine don't worry yes I am only having the heat lamp on as not all the chicks go under her at night so I just leave it on just in case they can't all fit under her but once they get to 3-4 weeks old they will not need the lamp anymore and especially the firsts couple of days...
Haha Yes.hope fully you do maybe she got your order mixed up with someone else's and sent you the wrong eggs you could maybe ask for your money back or another shipment of the right eggs
Ella
Hmm well I hope your little ones make it can you post a pic of them when they dry off and are fluffy maybe send a pic of them once they are dry too the people you bought them from and ask why they are like that fingers crossed for tomorrow
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Ella
Mhhm what breed are the eggs that you swapped my guess would be naked neck it's quite unusual for a chick to hatch with the egg sac unabsorbed make sure that you are not helping them hatch or rushing them as this will just lead to complications
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Ella
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Okay so last night my uncle slipped the remaining chicks that hatched from his incubator under sunshine so now she has a total of 16 chicks! three cockerels 10 hens 1 little black mottled Peking chick and two mystery yellow fluff balls I will post some pics a...
Hello well you can decide wether to move her or not if you have other hens who have access to the nest she is in they may lay more eggs in her nest or possibly crush them so It would proberly be best to separate her of somewhere where she can still hear the others or maybe you could separate her...