HELP I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DOO

[merripolinski]

So i have this silkie thats been sitting on eggs and you can hear them in the egg and one peeped already so feel bad can i give an egg to my other silkie she got broody too and shes been broody for the past few days and tried to steal the eggs from my other silkie to the point that I had to separate them, and shes so poor and tiny, but the thing is I don’t want to give her an egg I want to give her an egg that is going to hatch and has a chick in it already or should I not be doing that

 

[MGG]

So i have this silkie thats been sitting on eggs and you can hear them in the egg and one peeped already so feel bad can i give an egg to my other silkie she got broody too and shes been broody for the past few days and tried to steal the eggs from my other silkie to the point that I had to separate them, and shes so poor and tiny, but the thing is I don’t want to give her an egg I want to give her an egg that is going to hatch and has a chick in it already or should I not be doing that

I think that's fine. Give her one or two almost hatched eggs. If she doesnt accept them though, give thrm back to the other hen. How long has your newer silkie been broody?

 

[merripolinski]

I think that's fine. Give her one or two almost hatched eggs. If she doesnt accept them though, give thrm back to the other hen. How long has your newer silkie been broody?

like 4 days i think, but I don’t think she ever hatched eggs before I’m not sure I got it from an auction, so you think it’s gonna be OK?

 

[MGG]

like 4 days i think, but I don’t think she ever hatched eggs before I’m not sure I got it from an auction, so you think it’s gonna be OK?

Go ahead and try it. Just watch for a few minutes snd see how it goes. If she seems very interested just let her have them. I've never don't it, but I assume it would be fine. The worst that could happen is she doesn't take them. Just keep a close eye on her.

 

[merripolinski]

Go ahead and try it. Just watch for a few minutes snd see how it goes. If she seems very interested just let her have them. I've never don't it, but I assume it would be fine. The worst that could happen is she doesn't take them. Just keep a close eye on her.

i gave her an egg and she took it and bit me and it was squeeking so hopefully she doesn’t kill it i guess ill see what happens in the morning!!

 

[MGG]

i gave her an egg and she took it and bit me and it was squeeking so hopefully she doesn’t kill it i guess ill see what happens in the morning!!

Sound good! I bet she's happy! I'm hoping for a good update in the morning!

 

[nao57]

You know technically you could give one fake eggs to keep her from going after the others eggs.

So you could judge it on will the one being given stolen eggs to really be a good mother? Some would say committing felonies means she's probably not going to be mother of the year, but if you want to aid and abed criminals and kidnappers good for you.

I have heard of some people doing plastic easter eggs to keep stuff from happening like this.

 

[nao57]

I don't think the Solomon approach to child stealing will work with chickens though.

 

[MGG]

The hen will never know. They just aren't very bright. If OP wants her bird to raise a chick and already has them available I think this is a fine way of doing it. Plus the hen won't have any strain from setting put on her, she can go right to raising her chick. I swear, silkies will raise anything, balls, cushions, adult birds, dogs, lol

 

[Mylied]

I would've gave her fresh eggs since I think she'll be surprised that her egg hatched the next day after sitting. I think hormonal changes happen as time passes brooding but I could be wrong.