Broody Help

[Halleys Hens]

Hi, I have a broody silkie bantam and she is currently sitting on 1 fertilised egg of her own and I was thinking about ordering some other hatching eggs from ebay and putting them under her as well but I am worried that because she has already been sitting on her own for a few days now that it will hatch first and she will get up and leave her other eggs that will need a few more day until they hatch, any help would be really appreciated, Thanks.

(and how may eggs would a silkie cope with? and are the large fowl silkies that much different ?)

 

[sourland]

She will very likely leave the nest within 36 hours of her chick hatching. You could try removing the chick as soon as it hatches, and she may extend her setting if you keep the chick where she can not hear it. The chick could be reintroduced after all of her eggs hatch. Most hens can readily cover around a dozen of their own eggs. Bottom line is they can incubate as many eggs as they can cover. Some hens seem to set tighter than others and as a result cover less eggs.

 

[Halleys Hens]

okay great Thanks for your advice

Thank you so much!!!!!!!