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Any advice please, my little black silkie who has taken to laying her eggs in a flower pot has now decided to go broody in same flower pot!! I'm in Ireland so it's cold at night and I have to lift her every night and put her into coop, should I just block off same pot to discourage her?

Thanks for reply, yes I have given them scrambled egg so will just stick with that...Ta!

Thanks for the lovely welcome, yes silkies are lovely birds, just wanted to ask a question, I accidentally dropped an egg and both my girls devoured it but is it a good idea to give them an egg now and again or might it encourage them to break their eggs and start eat them!

Thanks for that, nest box cleaned every day and they treated for lice regularly so it's not that, as you say they'll just do their own thing

Hi I'm new to this stuff, I live in Ireland and have just two chickens, a black silkie and a goldtop I live in the city and kept them in my garden, I've had them about a year and a half and both layed well all last summer then my black silkie started laying again just before Christmas, I thought...