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I have been having a dickens of a time getting the Bielfelders to hatch, The last 3 months have had only about 4 cockerels hatch, and the last pullet hatched on 4/15 !!
So 3 weeks ago I put their eggs (8) under the "Gang of Broodies" (5 bantam hens, 3 silkies and 2 cochins) along with the Wheaten Ameraucana eggs (4), which have also been problematic. Today I was greeted by a little yellow chick looking our from under a cochin hen. Careful checking also found 2 Biel pullets. All are now safely in brooders because these hens love to sit on eggs but haven't done well actually raising chicks. I might put more of those 2 breed's eggs under them tomorrow.
 
dheltzel said:
I have been having a dickens of a time getting the Bielfelders to hatch, The last 3 months have had only about 4 cockerels hatch, and the last pullet hatched on 4/15 !!
So 3 weeks ago I put their eggs (8) under the "Gang of Broodies" (5 bantam hens, 3 silkies and 2 cochins) along with the Wheaten Ameraucana eggs (4), which have also been problematic. Today I was greeted by a little yellow chick looking our from under a cochin hen. Careful checking also found 2 Biel pullets. All are now safely in brooders because these hens love to sit on eggs but haven't done well actually raising chicks. I might put more of those 2 breed's eggs under them tomorrow.
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dheltzel said:
I have been having a dickens of a time getting the Bielfelders to hatch, The last 3 months have had only about 4 cockerels hatch, and the last pullet hatched on 4/15 !!
So 3 weeks ago I put their eggs (8) under the "Gang of Broodies" (5 bantam hens, 3 silkies and 2 cochins) along with the Wheaten Ameraucana eggs (4), which have also been problematic. Today I was greeted by a little yellow chick looking our from under a cochin hen. Careful checking also found 2 Biel pullets. All are now safely in brooders because these hens love to sit on eggs but haven't done well actually raising chicks. I might put more of those 2 breed's eggs under them tomorrow.
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Congratulations ! A good reason to have more bantams
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TillyPeeps said:
Congratulations ! A good reason to have more bantams
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I guess so. These are my niece's pets, I'd love to use their cage for something else, but she has had them for years and won't part with them. I think one silkie hen must be at least 7 or 8 years old.
I really need to build some "broody tractors" to house the many broody hens I have in summer. If I move the LF hens they generally stop, but I have 1 splash Am that just plops herself into any available nestbox wherever I put her. She could hatch 3 times as many eggs as a cochin bantam, I just don't have a good place to put her where I won't have to sort out hte new eggs from the other hens every day.
 

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