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[pennyJo1960]

Good luck I have used silkie often to hatch that is my preferred method but
last ones I gave them no one was broody for once and they ate the eggs
so been like 6 months since I had a broody there

 

[Perris]

poor you! must be awful when they don't just leave but they eat the eggs!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh heck just reminded me realize we are all have faults
They are chickens one of our last prehistoric creatures

 

[Perris]

absolutely Penny, absolutely. To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer.

 

[ronott1]

May I interject? off topic, but I got a new roo today, HURRAY!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Decided to give em a chance taking two marans eggs from the bator take them to silkie see what happens nothing wasted, nothing gained

 

[Shadrach]

She's doing fine. She's under mom with her siblings. After cleaning the big broody doop out of the ward I carefully lifted mom off the mass and she was right in the middle. Everyone eventually made their way back under mom. It's chilly here this morning but with bright blue skies, birds singing away and it's going to push into the high 60s and low 70s today and tomorrow. I'll likely let the little family out of the ward tomorrow afternoon.

Great. I hope the chick survives. I know you wrote you lost track of how many eggs there were, but out of the eggs she sat on, how may hatched?

 

[Shadrach]

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Aww, she's lovely.

 

[Shadrach]

she's got 10 Penny: 6 Araucana eggs and 4 Welsummers. I have no idea who the daddy/daddies is/are, or even if they are fertile, so it's a real long shot here, but when you're dependent on broodies, as I am, you have to take your chances when they come along!

I've been pleasantly surprised at the fertility rate here. The bantams can be a bit here and there because the boys throw each other off the hens given the chance.

 

[Shadrach]

absolutely Penny, absolutely. To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer.

Or a politician........