broody silkie

  1. Tofu the chicken

    Silkie raised muscovys

    So pretty soon (about a month max probably) I plan on getting muscovy eggs and having my silkies hatch them sorry if this is wrong forum but the muscovies will be used as meat birds, I think I know all I need to know about the silkies hatchibg the eggs (open to any tips though), but I'll be...
  2. Kseale1986

    Hatch Day 23 and Possible malposition

    I have a pullet that decided to go broody in January. Of course, she is a silkie. Go figure. At first I wasn’t going to let her hatch out anything, but this girl was insistent. I remember chicks hatching when I was growing up but that was over 15 years ago. So after spending hours for days...
  3. Ozcrazyfarm

    Broody Silkie

    I am new to chickens and noticed two weeks ago that one of my silkies was sitting on eggs. I was very excited as I have previously only incubated eggs. I moved the rooster and the other silkies into another area, so she could hatch and raise her chicks in peace. She can however still see the...
  4. Moonpaperr

    Can I move a broody chicken and her nest?

    Hello! Today my silkie chicken went broody; however, she made the nest outside her coop! She did it in a small gardening gutter, that can easily flood if it rains geavily. Is it possible to move it without her abandoning the nest? I read that its better if I move her to a nesting box at night...
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