I've treid doing that when I divide the eggs and put them in the other box the black one moves the eggs and put them back in the white one them sits on her head until she move for her to fit in. Just don't get why they all want to sit in that box and this morning when they both got up I found...
Right well I have a white silkie hen sitting on 6 fertile eggs and has been for 8 days , yesterday my other black silkie went broody and is sat right next to my white broody hen but not in a box, when my black one got up for a drink today I checked and she was sat on two eggs but they where eggs...
Hi one of my white silkies has gone broody but I haven't got a cock so her eggs are not fertilised , I've took the eggs she was sat on and have replaced them with 6 silkie fertlised ones I got of a breeder, she sat down on them fine but today when I went to check the boxes I found in the middle...
I hatch 2 black silkies 5 days ago both doing great eating drinking and pooing lots . When they first born I put them in the brooder with just a anti slip mat and when ever I went to check on them they where alway standing up even at night today I cleaned them out again as they where pooing lots...
Thank you so much that has been a massive help , there in my shed next to my main hen roosting box and I so want to keep checking on them, I'm in bed now and can't stop thinking are they all right lol bet I will be up at the crack of dawn checking on them.
Do any of you know what to look for to make sure there doing ok with this being my first time I don't know what I'm looking for. The first chick that was born yesterday is walking around but not seen her eat or drink yet and the one born today is just lying under the heat lamp but gets up and...
Well it's nearly 4pm and she still alive as I can see her beek poking out and a little chirp ever so often. I took the other one out as it was peck the egg that hadn't hatching and she's in the brooder now and I put a warm towel in the incubator when I took the chick out . How long more shall I...
I can't see movement and not sure about tweeting as I'm not sure if it's the other chick that already hatched in there doing it. The humidity is high I will leave it till 4pm today as that will be 24 hours and see if there's any progress