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ok I am new to trying to get babies the natural way instead of buying them sooo I was wondering what the process is? My silkie Nezi is a yr old and laid like 5 or 6 eggs over the winter and I was hoping she would do something with the eggs but they actually all got frozen. Now she has 3 eggs that she has laid in the last few days and the does not sit on them like I was thinking she would. So will she lay her eggs first and then sit them all at once?
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chickilove said:
ok I am new to trying to get babies the natural way instead of buying them sooo I was wondering what the process is? My silkie  Nezi is a yr old and laid like 5 or 6 eggs over the winter and I was hoping she would do something with the eggs but they actually all got frozen. Now she has 3 eggs that she has laid in the last few days and the does not sit on them like I was thinking she would. So will she lay her eggs first and then sit them all at once? :yiipchick
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It depends on the hens hormone patterns. She may or may not go broody. My silkie hen is over a year old and has never gone broody, but right now I have a cochin bantam and a RIR sitting on eggs.
 
chickilove said:
ok I am new to trying to get babies the natural way instead of buying them sooo I was wondering what the process is? My silkie  Nezi is a yr old and laid like 5 or 6 eggs over the winter and I was hoping she would do something with the eggs but they actually all got frozen. Now she has 3 eggs that she has laid in the last few days and the does not sit on them like I was thinking she would. So will she lay her eggs first and then sit them all at once? :yiipchick
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It depends on the hens hormone patterns. She may or may not go broody. My silkie hen is over a year old and has never gone broody, but right now I have a cochin bantam and a RIR sitting on eggs.
 
I have 9 broody hens right now!! I am working on breaking a few of them and have one that is sitting on a turkey egg (that egg was pipped this morning and has started zipping). I'm going to set a few eggs under one or two of the hens today and see how it goes.
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