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[kabhyper1]

I have silkie eggs from this week if anyone needs some. Those crazy girls are laying like crazy!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Hey all. quick question. i have 10 birds i let free range during the daylight hours and lock up at night. one of my RIR has gone broody and i think is sitting on an egg! BUT IF she hatches it, do i need to pull the chick inside (with 6 other chicks i have)? or will daylight ranging be sufficient enough nutrition for a young chick. thanks!

Not at all! The mamma will take care of them. I had one hatch a brood when it was in the teens. She raised them in the cold weather and they're all wonderful, healthy birds.

Might want to give her a couple more eggs, though, if she's really broody. The little one will need a flock to run with once the mamma is done raising him.

 

[3arrowfarm]

Not at all!  The mamma will take care of them.  I had one hatch a brood when it was in the teens.  She raised them in the cold weather and they're all wonderful, healthy birds.

Might want to give her a couple more eggs, though, if she's really broody.  The little one will need a flock to run with once the mamma is done raising him.

Thanks! She got up to eat today when I was out there and apparently she has some help! There were 4 eggs in there!

 

[raisinemright]

A couple pics of my Silkies from kabhyper1.

I will try and get pics of the cochin fuzzy's later!
We ended up with 29 chicks best hatch I've ever had.

 

[raisinemright]

My CornX are getting huge fast! And the BBB are doing great also.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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[Leahs Mom]

Quote: You'll want to keep them from getting in to her nest because, if more are laid in the nest over several consecutive days, they'll have different hatch dates.

When the first ones start hatching, there's the danger that the mamma will leave the nest with the early ones and the later ones will die in the eggs because she's not setting anymore.

So you need to somehow restrict access!

 

[Indyshent]

You'll want to keep them from getting in to her nest because, if more are laid in the nest over several consecutive days, they'll have different hatch dates.

When the first ones start hatching, there's the danger that the mamma will leave the nest with the early ones and the later ones will die in the eggs because she's not setting anymore.

So you need to somehow restrict access!

Or, like what happened to us this week, she'll stay in the nest and leave her babies to die, scant inches from her nest. Lost 2 of 8 ducklings overnight, so I had to pull 'em all into the brooder. Good news is that they're happy and healthy inside, and she's still broody enough to possibly hatch another nestful of eggs.

 

[Momma 2 silkies]

Hope this is ok, I'm having a hard time finding d'uccle chicks or adults in southern indiana, can anyone help me? I had a roo and the last winter storm we had killed him. I have a young hen that needs a partner. I was also wondering if anyone else has issues trying to raise porcelain d'uccle chicks? I had 3 and came home from work today to find all 3 dead and the last ones I bought, I only had 2 of them survive. The millies do ok, is there something wrong with the porcelain?

 

[kabhyper1]

A couple pics of my Silkies from kabhyper1.





I will try and get pics of the cochin fuzzy's later!
We ended up with 29 chicks best hatch I've ever had.

Now that I look at them Im going with splash, black , partridge, blue partridge (gray)