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Mamas will take chicks out around 3-5 days after the first chick hatches. If she leaves an egg behind you could incubate it yourself and give the chick back if it hatches. I'd put some shallow bowls of food and water a few centimeters away from the hen. The chicks will explore and mama (or you)...

Just relax. Some eggs are sometimes just a bit late. Your silkie will know when to help out, she might peck the eggs open a bit. Silkies tend to be amazing mothers. My silkie, Pippin, managed to hatch 3 chicks (one of them had a saddled air cell and was porous and it still hatched!) and she was...