INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

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Sally Sunshine said:
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if I have to go start the generator, you will be in serious trouble Mike!
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I'm in serious trouble!
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Sally's been without power most of the day! She says sorry she won't be on today.

The power company keeps moving the estimated restoration back.
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Roada Red said:
I would keep them in a brooder or something for a couple days until they get a little stronger because Bantams bones are really fragile when they are first hatched
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I was just thinking out loud on this one because I just picked up some bantam polish chicks. My hatch this weekend will be all LF so she'll probably get a couple of them.
 
kwhites634 said:
You going to brood them all in the same brooder? That's when thing will get really interesting!
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It's funny, I had pretty good hatches in my incubators from Christmas day all way till the end of beginning of February before my death bator started causing problems. I would keep the babies separate for about a week, then throw them in the community pen. I JUST now took out the 8 biggest and moved them outside. There is one 7 week old silkie, one 4 week old SF and two BCMs (also 4 weeks old). in that pen, but I have 5 new week to 10 day old babies ready to go in with them this weekend. Silkies seem to be way more mellow than other breeds. They don't pay any attention to the new babies. They just have to be strong enough to handle the stampede of the bigger chicks..

So, the two Silkies that are sharing a LARGE nesting box, both broody, sitting on eggs, I'm hoping they will raise their own babies. It should be fun to watch. I'll try to get photos this weekend. One chicken is facing the back of the box, the other facing the opening. It's like they both want to pretend the other one isn't there.
 
Jessimom said:
It's funny, I had pretty good hatches in my incubators from Christmas day all way till the end of beginning of February before my death bator started causing problems. I would keep the babies separate for about a week, then throw them in the community pen. I JUST now took out the 8 biggest and moved them outside. There is one 7 week old silkie, one 4 week old SF and two BCMs (also 4 weeks old). in that pen, but I have 5 new week to 10 day old babies ready to go in with them this weekend. Silkies seem to be way more mellow than other breeds. They don't pay any attention to the new babies. They just have to be strong enough to handle the stampede of the bigger chicks..

So, the two Silkies that are sharing a LARGE nesting box, both broody, sitting on eggs, I'm hoping they will raise their own babies. It should be fun to watch. I'll try to get photos this weekend. One chicken is facing the back of the box, the other facing the opening. It's like they both want to pretend the other one isn't there.
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I hope one doesn't attack the chicks from the other one
 
kwhites634 said:
I hope one doesn't attack the chicks from the other one
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Me too!!!! I'll keep a close eye on them once they start to hatch. Just before they went broody, I had taken the 8 silkie babies outside and put them in the pen with the adult silkies. The only one causing a problem was the rooster. The girls all hovered over them and tried to chase off the rooster. I took them out after a few hours, I'll try again this weekend.
 
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