I thought I would share with you my hatching experience. I went to fill the water reserve on day 18, which was yesterday and when I did I noticed three eggs had pips in them. This morning I woke up to one little fluffy butt!
At around noon two started zipping!!!
Literally, two minutes apart...
My cochin has gone broody and I want to order some silkie eggs for her to hatch out. How many do you think she could comfortably sit on? Also, she has built her next out of hay I have in the laying box. Should I put anything else down to keep the eggs safe? Thank you in advance.
Hello All,
I grew up on a farm in the Midwest and about 4 years ago I moved out to Oregon. Last year, I bought a nice little three acre ranch and have built myself a 25 chicken coop. I had two sexlinks, a cochin, and a silkie yesterday but unfortunately a predator got in my coop and...