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Can I put 8 eggs under a broody Silkie? This would be her first time to hatch eggs. I put 4 eggs apiece under her Silkie sisters and only got a hatch rate of 50%.

Quote: Thanks! I think he's a pretty boy too, and he's got loads of personality. He used to hop up in my lap when he was little and eat out of my hand (that's him in my profile pic.) Now when I go out to watch the peeps free range I'll sit down on a fallen tree in our backyard and watch...

So I have a broody Silkie, and I'm trying to decide what kind of eggs to put under her. I have 2 EE cockerels and an assortment of hens, but the two eggs I'm considering letting the Silkie raise are either my EE eggs or some Welsummer/EE cross eggs. What can I expect from an EE/Welsummer...