i live in California and have a silkie that has been brooding 9 eggs for the first time.
The first baby hatched fine but died soon after. The second died before hatching all the way. I have a brooding lamp by her but idk if it's enough to heat bc I couldn't move her to an actual brooding spot.
I'm wondering if the weather is too cold for them. I'm toying w the idea of taking the eggs away and making a home made incubator for the rest. One just cracked its egg. I see the beak but no movement.
Help, My silkie and I are new chicken moms. I don't want anymore dead babies
The first baby hatched fine but died soon after. The second died before hatching all the way. I have a brooding lamp by her but idk if it's enough to heat bc I couldn't move her to an actual brooding spot.
I'm wondering if the weather is too cold for them. I'm toying w the idea of taking the eggs away and making a home made incubator for the rest. One just cracked its egg. I see the beak but no movement.
Help, My silkie and I are new chicken moms. I don't want anymore dead babies