Hi everyone,
I have a Pekin currently sat on 11 eggs. They are due to hatch this Saturday & I'm really excited.
However, I've been away for a couple of days & told my brother just to leave her to it. She hasn't been separated from the others as we only have two hens & a rooster. But now I've come back our Silkie hen has stolen half of the eggs & is sat tight. I've tried everything to get her off but she's not having any of it & I don't want a fight or worse when Pekin hatches her babies.
I haven't got anywhere else to put Silkie & even if I did I don't know what the best method is to do it so she doesn't get upset or abandon them. They're both sat in the same nest box at the moment (I have a standard Eglu).
Can they hatch eggs next to each other? Can they raise chicks in the same pen?
Any help would be much appreciated. I don't have long till hatch day
I have a Pekin currently sat on 11 eggs. They are due to hatch this Saturday & I'm really excited.
However, I've been away for a couple of days & told my brother just to leave her to it. She hasn't been separated from the others as we only have two hens & a rooster. But now I've come back our Silkie hen has stolen half of the eggs & is sat tight. I've tried everything to get her off but she's not having any of it & I don't want a fight or worse when Pekin hatches her babies.
I haven't got anywhere else to put Silkie & even if I did I don't know what the best method is to do it so she doesn't get upset or abandon them. They're both sat in the same nest box at the moment (I have a standard Eglu).
Can they hatch eggs next to each other? Can they raise chicks in the same pen?
Any help would be much appreciated. I don't have long till hatch day