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My broody hen is dying and now my last hope is to at least save her eggs. I have incubated before in the little giant incubator once with a 10 percent success and the other when I was trying to save 5 eggs after the mother had given up. The last time was terrible because the bator got to hot and...

I have applied all the medicine and I'm trying to warm up the incubator now she won't stand and if she tries she falls because she can't see. I have gotten her to drink. If i put the bowl to her mouth she'll drink it like she's dying of thirst but she won't eat. If I put the food to her mouth...

I just wouldn't know when to pump the humidity up

I went to the store and got vet rx something called bag balm to rub on her comb, vetericyn eye wash and vetericyn ophthalmic gel that says to use after you flush out the eyes. I'm waiting for it to stop raining so I can carry her inside I have a kennel with pee pads on the floor with water and...

I am trying to leave work to make sure she ate because when I pysically picked her up and moved her into the run away from the eggs she just seems to be looking for food but couldn't find it and I stayed for 20 min trying to let her find it but the rooster thought I was messing with her and got...

I've had a broody hen for about 2 1/2 weeks now about 3 days ago I went to check on her and noticed her comb was completely pale and her eyes were swollen with a little discharge I got her off the best made sure she ate and drank and she went back on the nest well this morning when I went out...

Dang I really hope she's not a duccle. I had one with my first round of chickens and all the LF would pick on her and it got to the point where she would stay inside the coop all day just to get away from them and eventually got hurt. Would I be able to tell more in a week? Because I may have to...

Looks like a buncha ladies to me! How did you get so lucky I have gone through so many roosters to every 4 silkies I've bought at least 2 or 3 have been roosters! These are beautiful birds congrats! I would pay anything to have some look this nice! :)

Just got a few new babies as my others were unfortunatly killed by a neighbors dog this past weekend :( I would appreciate if someone could tell me what they believe these chicks are. I was told I have a Silver Partridge Silkie Blue Orpington Americana & Partridge Cochin This...

Are brooder raise chicks friendlier than hen raise chicks? I've got four inside and one outside and I'm just curious. Any personal experience?

This is complete normal they're just getting their feathers in :) That one looks Like it may be a rooster. Most of them will feather in slowly which might be why it is worse than the younger one.

Well since this post I threw in the eggs into the bator and I now have two twin babies! The little one is still outside but I'm having a hard time keeping the water dish clean for in. Everytime I go down there the bigger chicks have knocked it over or its completely covered with dirt. That's...

Also now they mothers are out into the run with the other chickens and are no longer sitting on the other eggs :( does this mean they didn't make it? Should I bring them in and put them in bator?

Ok I have two chickens a Silkie and a Cochin who are sitting on 5 eggs. They take turns not voluntarily with who gets to sit on them. They are in the corner of my coop and I can not reach them without climbing inside which I choose to leave them alone for the most part. Unfortunely I never...

Thank y'all I think they are pretty cute my self and they are still going strong! Their wings are starting to turn out do they will be frizzled! I'm so excited. I'm not sure what the brown black chick is I know for sure part Silkie but I'm thinking part Cochin? Lol who knows all I know is it has...

Aww that is wonderful. I would kill to have ducks but my fiancé just won't agree to it, he thinks chickens are enough. But he doesn't understand I want to be a duck mom too :lol: Here they are! This is penny (that's the name I wrote on the shell before she was born) not sure if ill keep it...

Thank you so much for this post! This made me feel so much better about the whole situation :hugs you have no idea how much comfort that short paragraph just gave me. I am taking your advice and going to wrap and burry them. Next to my other chicks that died about a year ago. They were sick...

I am happy to report that 2 out of my 11 chicks have made it. Sadly about 30 min ago I was so excited one of my other silkies was hatching he zipped nearly all the way around in about 2 hours, but got really active the last 10. I went to take a shower hoping to come back to a new chick and it...

Lol I feel like I learned a great deal of information. My little Silkie egg right now has zipped open almost all of his shell in the perfect circle in maybe 30 min. Little trouble man did not do anything like this! Now I THINK I know what to look for. Thank you for your encouraging words...

Ok after your post I decided to help him out slowly. I won't do it again but I felt under the circumstances he was healthy but just tired because the way he had originally been sitting and he couldn't push especially since he was drying in the shell. I took him into the bathroom with the shower...