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Andy, it's always a good idea to have your broody hen and her chicks separate from the rest of the flock. Chickens are know to kill chicks that aren't their own. Cannibalism is quite common and never a pretty sight. As for the eggs that haven't hatched I wouldn't give up on them yet. Just because she has gotten off the nest doesn't mean she would continue to incubate them. I would wait 3 or 4 days before removing the eggs.
Jamie, with the walking dust mop chickens trying to figure out if the pullets or cockerels has got to be hard. Heck, sometimes with some of the puffier ones it's even hard to tell which direction they're heading in. It's my understand that silkies are often late to start laying. Some that my son had went 36 weeks before laying. Besides being useful for furniture dusting, they make excellent mothers and they go broody often.
Andy, it's always a good idea to have your broody hen and her chicks separate from the rest of the flock. Chickens are know to kill chicks that aren't their own. Cannibalism is quite common and never a pretty sight. As for the eggs that haven't hatched I wouldn't give up on them yet. Just because she has gotten off the nest doesn't mean she would continue to incubate them. I would wait 3 or 4 days before removing the eggs.
Jamie, with the walking dust mop chickens trying to figure out if the pullets or cockerels has got to be hard. Heck, sometimes with some of the puffier ones it's even hard to tell which direction they're heading in. It's my understand that silkies are often late to start laying. Some that my son had went 36 weeks before laying. Besides being useful for furniture dusting, they make excellent mothers and they go broody often.
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