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One of my brown shaver hens started to show signs of broodiness, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to let her hatch some fertilized eggs. But the next thing I know, our other brown shaver hen ( who has shown no sign of broodiness ) decided that she'd also sit on them, carefully...

Thank you very much for your feedback, I found it very helpful. I will my hen do what she needs to do, hopefully we'll have some healthy baby ducklings shortly! :)

I have pekin duck eggs that are due to hatch, today is the 27th day... one of them looks like it has internally pipped. I can see and hear it's tiny little bill tapping on the shell. How long does it take aproximately after the internal piping to hatch? I am using a silkie chicken to hatch...

I have a silkie x hen that is sitting on some fertile duck eggs. I heard that if the humidity isn't right the ducklings will struggle to hatch, do I need to do anything or should I let her be? Also, is it safe for ducklings to be left with a silkie hen after they've hatched? will the fine...

I have got my broody silkie hen sitting on 4 pekin duck eggs as from yesterday. I didn't set the eggs for 24 hrs (as recommended!) before I placed them under my hen. Will this affect the eggs in a major way? Does anyone have any experience hatching duck eggs under a broody hen? Any advice...

I have a broody hen that comes out of the nest more often than a broody hen would. We are about to give her some fertile eggs to hatch for the first time, is it dangerous for the eggs if she is not sitting on them all of the time? She is coming off her nest 3-4 times a day. She spends the...

I have a silkie x hen that goes broody quite often, couple of days ago she became broody again, so we ordered some fertile eggs which are on it's way. Today I noticed she still clucked deeply and screeched at the rest of the flock. She's aggressive and not her normal self. She has also stopped...

I'm not too sure how old my chicken is but she was very young when we got her, I am guessing she might be some where from 5-10 weeks old? I have just noticed over the past couple of days that she has been making some different sounds, it almost sounds like a croaky lower toned sound. My 2 year...

She is a lovely pet. This is a first time for us owning a chicken. Just hoping BYC could help me to learn a bit more about her. I am calling our chicken a "her" as I still have not figured out her sex or age yet!

Does anyone know which breed my chicken could be? She's got feathered legs and have recently grown extra feathering on her head. She reminds me of a silkie but her skin is pink. Any help would be much appreciated!