hello everyone
im here to tell you that my second time hatching using the broody hen has been a sucess as my black silkie (treacle) has been sitting on 7 eggs for 25 days the first time and 7 eggs on the second try taking 23 days, she has been an amazingly dedicated mother and now that she has 2 hatched so far it is an sensational feeling
the first time she tried to hatch eggs they all died early as her health wasnt up to scratch so i decided that a nice bath and cleaning bedding for her to sit on with her favourite treats. so i gave her two days of this TLC and she decided to resit, so i wished her good luck
half way through my second hatch i lost my favourite hen which was a silkie buff due to a serious vent prolapse which she had just recovered from a fortnight before and i was at work and college it didnt help her so i went home one night to give her a little pet and tell her shell be ok and she sat on my knee and peck my nose then she jumped off and lay down
Next day at 6am i opened the coop up and there she was dead the worst feeling i ever had ran through me as she was my everything i rared her
So Treacle is sitting on 2 leghorn and 2 silkie buff( my beloved ) and 3 sussex eggs.
which so far one silkie and 1 sussex has hatch both fit and healthy
my little silkie chick will be getting named after her mother who died Pepper.
thanks for reading this post
RIP Mrs Pepperpot
im here to tell you that my second time hatching using the broody hen has been a sucess as my black silkie (treacle) has been sitting on 7 eggs for 25 days the first time and 7 eggs on the second try taking 23 days, she has been an amazingly dedicated mother and now that she has 2 hatched so far it is an sensational feeling
the first time she tried to hatch eggs they all died early as her health wasnt up to scratch so i decided that a nice bath and cleaning bedding for her to sit on with her favourite treats. so i gave her two days of this TLC and she decided to resit, so i wished her good luck
half way through my second hatch i lost my favourite hen which was a silkie buff due to a serious vent prolapse which she had just recovered from a fortnight before and i was at work and college it didnt help her so i went home one night to give her a little pet and tell her shell be ok and she sat on my knee and peck my nose then she jumped off and lay down
Next day at 6am i opened the coop up and there she was dead the worst feeling i ever had ran through me as she was my everything i rared her So Treacle is sitting on 2 leghorn and 2 silkie buff( my beloved ) and 3 sussex eggs.
which so far one silkie and 1 sussex has hatch both fit and healthy
my little silkie chick will be getting named after her mother who died Pepper.
thanks for reading this post
RIP Mrs Pepperpot
