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...
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...
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...
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...