Good I'll have to keep her in mind, I will hopefully have my silkie eggs tomorrow, I think that Cruella is going to get them, I gave her 3 eggs today, tomorrow is day 1, so if I get the silkies, there won't be that big of a gap between them,
Must are going to be either blue or a blue/black splash and one is a buff color.
I have a few pens of Silkies and they are my most broody breed. I keep the pens separate because broodiness is contagious, as you've noticed. They're good moms and I occasionally slip other breeds' eggs under them. They'll also take on much bigger birds to protect their chicks.Evening, I just confirmed this evening that I now have 3 broodies..lol, two in my main flock and one in my Naked Neck. I'm going to be knee deep in chicks. I have 6 eggs in my incubator. I wasn't expecting 3 broodies, if anyone else goes broody, I'm going to be in trouble.. lol. My first girl that went broody is sitting on 4 eggs, my second girl that went broody is currently sitting on a egg that I don't believe is fertile, but I am hoping to get 5 or 6 silkie eggs for her to sit on, then Jill my girl that is in with the NN's, has one egg and I will give her more tomorrow. does anyone here raise silkies? lol, I don't have a clue about their needs.
What do the pen's you have for your silkies look like? I'll pick up my eggs today along with a dozen, Americuna and Americuna/Legbar's.. I've got a 24 count incubator and it's going to be full if I break it out, I had been just going to give my silkie eggs to one of the broodies till a friend requested 6 blue egg layers. Still have to figure out what the other 6 eggs are going to be..lol.. Would you mind posting pictures of your set up? I know tending to them is going to be a handful.. so any tips I can get for keeping them clean and dry I would appreciate.
