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sounds good so far!!

oh but it is such a long wait…make sure you don't panic if they are late! lol

yep! and now there are 3 hatched!

3 chicks hatched now!

A chick hatched!!!! 3 days late but one hatched!!

I think I will just wait a day or 2 more and see what happens..maybe I am worried for nothing but I don't want to throw out fully developed chicks. I don't know how I feel about assisted hatching..I have never tried one and have only ever had one fully developed chick not hatch correctly. I will...

yeah usually I use my silkie pen as a grow out pen for chicks just because they will mother anything! Also I just canceled one of the eggs and I THINK I may have seen a chick that was internally pipped..however..I have never actually seen this since I don't usually candle eggs after day 18…but...

yep she took chicks in without being broody when she was 8 months old. I had some broiler chicks who were being picked on in the brooder and had no where else to put them…stuck them in the silkie pen because they are so gentle and she started sitting on them and raised them

yeah I am gonna candle tonight and see how they look..I just find it hard to believe that none of those 4 have hatched

I do not normally take chicks either and the only reason she had the 2 different hatch dates is because another hen abandoned eggs she was on on day 11 so I gave them to this hen. I took the chicks because this is a first time broody and I was not confident she would wait on the other eggs…I am...

Ok guys this is about my hen who had the two clutches that were supposed to hatch 2 days apart (the 20th and the 22nd). Well the 20th came and none hatched..then on the 22nd I had 4 hatch..all of the same clutch (I found the egg shells and could see where I had marked them). I'm pretty sure...

the poop thing is normal..we call them broody poops and yes they will look different than normal. she should be fine with the rest of the eggs. just keep an eye on her

I don't have exact temps but my broodies always manage to leave an egg or two when they move and when I find them they are cold. usually they still hatch as long as it is not for an extended period of time update on my broody with the 2 clutches with 2 different hatch dates: I have 4...

my broody with the 2 clutches of eggs is due to start hatching thursday…since we are having really bad weather I think I will take the chicks as they hatch (the first set at least) and then give them back when the other set hatches. she's been having a hard time keeping all 8 under her and Im...

Usually once the first chick hatches the rest follow within 2 to 3 days. I bet the majority will hatch out within 24 hours though

hahaha yeah i guess you are right. I usually give them a heat lamp on hatch day cause my silkies tend to have problems keeping wet chicks under them while others are hatching. mostly it just makes me feel better

Cute chickies! Hatch day for one of my broodies is tomorrow! and of course just like last time it is freezing on hatch day

So cute!!

so I just went and candeled the eggs that my hen had abandoned and all the other eggs too and only had to pull one bad one. since its day 18 for the other set I took the 2 that I had under that hen and put them with the others which meant one hen had 9 eggs and the other had 4. I ended up...

I don't know if she specifically will leave the eggs because this the first time she has set since she is only a year old but I know my other two silkie hens usually move after a day of chicks not actively hatching. I will just keep an eye on her…Id just hate for them to get so far and then get...