My first ever egg!! Advice please

[All4Eggz]

True, but assuming for a chick to lay a egg they are roughly 1 year or a bit shorter, years old. I would assume it would be broody decently soon. But you never know, it could be pretty young and it would take a while to go broody, id have to see the chicken to know the age personally.

Just because it layed an egg does not mean it'll go broody...

 

[Huntmaster]

Chickens wont be broody when they automatically see a egg, only when they are broody they will care and tend for the egg. I recommend your best bet is to figure out what to do with it, if you do decide to use it for cooking you can tell if its fertile (So you get a better chance knowing that the eggs you currently have are PROBABLY fertile) You can simply look at the eggs top and if you see a white bullseye at the top it was/is fertile. If you choose to sell it make sure its clean and that you keep the egg at the right temperature. If you want to hatch it then get a incubator. Heres what i know so you can hatch it. this isnt even close to everything so do your research! Chicken eggs can be told by the color and size of eggs. The egg you have has a good chance of hatching! *This being because its not a fart egg* a egg thats to small and round to have anything inside. If you di hatch it make sure theres other chicks aswell so it doesnt get lonely. Before introducing the chick to the rest of the flock quarantine it so it doesnt get picked on. When hatching eggs you can keep the temperature roughly to 100* F. Dont get it to much more. You can candle for the rough 1-17 days but day 3 Will show better results then day 1 or 2. Finally keep the humitity balanced, not all people do humity but for a better hatch i highly recommend doing so. Keep it roughly at 50* is a good temperature. It can go up to 68* or so, dont get it to hot. Tell me if you have More questions! Good luck .

You said in your post 50 is a good temperature I know what you ment but be carful that your advise is 100% correct because newbies seeking advice do not.

 

[Chicken poppy]

You said in your post 50 is a good temperature I know what you ment but be carful that your advise is 100% correct because newbies seeking advice do not.

Ah sorry! Ill edit that now, to be 100% clear i meant humity.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Just because it layed an egg does not mean it'll go broody...

No no i know, but i mean that you said around a year it becomes broody, when it lays a egg it is around a year. (meaning it should go broody soon) but you never know. Edit: sorry if i emplied that, i try my best to keep things clear and i may have mixed up some speach

 

[All4Eggz]

No no i know, but i mean that you said around a year it becomes broody, when it lays a egg it is around a year. (meaning it should go broody soon) but you never know. Edit: sorry if i emplied that, i try my best to keep things clear and i may have mixed up some speach

That's ok, I just misunderstood.

 

[Chicken poppy]

That's ok, I just misunderstood.

Sorry for the mix up . Im not the best with the sexlink chickens and going broody chickens, theirs very few things i know About those details.

 

[All4Eggz]

Sorry for the mix up . Im not the best with the sexlink chickens and going broody chickens, theirs very few things i know About those details.

That's okay

 

[Aapomp831]

I have just found my first ever egg!! From my silkie chickens. She laid it under a swing. It has definitely only just been laid a couple of hours ago.
I’m not 100% on which out of the two older hens it was... and my cockrel is mating with both multiple times per day.

ideally I’d like to raise some chicks either to sell or keep (not sure)
I don’t know what to do! I was planning be on letting nature take its course as silkies are supposed to be broody? But ive put the egg inside the coop along with a decal egg..
I added two new hens on Thursday.. which haven’t gelled with the group yet and they seem scared still at the moment and overwhelmed.
I free range the chickens and lock them in a coop at night.
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Silkies are notorious for going broody; but it’s always on their own time and there’s nothing you can do to make a pullet broody (unfortunately lol). With a little patience, you’ll get a broody silkie in no time.

 

[emilythestrange]

Silkies are notorious for going broody; but it’s always on their own time and there’s nothing you can do to make a pullet broody (unfortunately lol). With a little patience, you’ll get a broody silkie in no time.

I hope so. Fingers crossed i get more eggs and one of the four Hens goes broody. I just left the real egg and the fake one in the nest and it’s been ignored , the whole group of chickens were on the egg and it’s not been damaged (yet)