- Sep 9, 2014
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Recently my silkie starting sitting on some eggs so i let her hatch them out. My other hens started to lay next to where she was broody and she would tuck the extra eggs under her. i had marked the eggs to remove the added eggs before they started to mature, i happened to miss a couple that had be tucked under her about 12 days into her sitting. Some lovely chicks appeared and she promptly got off the eggs that were left. i took the half developed eggs and put them in my incubator and 10 days later (today) one chick has hatched out of the two. the main question is can i put this chick with the silkie who is running with the flock (with no trouble) and her two 10 day old chicks? she has strong maternal instincts but is it too late?