Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

She just laid an egg n not sitting on them I hope a hen goes broody soon since there 14 eggs now

Mine just hatched 12 and I've had 14 hatch under 1 hen. They will pile them up on top of each other, don't worry she will stop once she has accumulated enough.

 

[codieshell]

There 4 hens laying in 1 nest box they have 10 to choice from but always lay in 1-2 of them

 

[silkiecuddles]

There 4 hens laying in 1 nest box they have 10 to choice from but always lay in 1-2 of them

my 8 laying hens have 6 boxes but only use 2. silly birds

 

[Fancychooklady]

There 4 hens laying in 1 nest box they have 10 to choice from but always lay in 1-2 of them

There 4 hens laying in 1 nest box they have 10 to choice from but always lay in 1-2 of them

Always the way , we have 12 boxes in one of our main coops and the hens line up waiting for one box. Sometimes I can hear the commotion from the farmhouse, one of the girls screams like a banshee .
If you are going to let any of them brood, provided they are fertile eggs, it is best to block the hen that is sitting off from the others. Otherwise they will continue to climb in and lay behind her and then you will have eggs at various stages of development , otherwise known as a ' staggered hatch ' and that rarely ends well .

 

[Frindizzle]

It's spring !

Aw, adorable!

 

[Rudies Roost]

It's spring !

What beautiful pictures and lovely birds. So jealous....it's tipping down with rain and cold here, i would love it to be Spring again...quite a way off though :-(

 

[WildCatRunWV]

It's fall here but I let my broody hens have one last hatch before the real cold sets in.

 

[Jkraft]

Hello Everyone! I wanted to share a picture of my silkie Ryder. What color would you consider her to be? Thanks in advanced!

 

[Naliez]

Hello Everyone! I wanted to share a picture of my silkie Ryder. What color would you consider her to be? Thanks in advanced! :cd

Maybe a Partridge? Pretty chicken!

 

[codieshell]

Always the way , we have 12 boxes in one of our main coops and the hens line up waiting for one box. Sometimes I can hear the commotion from the farmhouse, one of the girls screams like a banshee .
If you are going to let any of them brood, provided they are fertile eggs, it is best to block the hen that is sitting off from the others. Otherwise they will continue to climb in and lay behind her and then you will have eggs at various stages of development , otherwise known as a ' staggered hatch ' and that rarely ends well .

That doesn't matter I take the chicks from the hens as soon as they hatch since its getting cold over here n raise them inside our extra shed I have a special room set up for them n all our babies born in the winter