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Awesome, thanks. I'm horrible at silkie sexing without obvious hen heads and obvious big combs.

Here are the other two I'm more confident about. Ones a satin though, not a silkie
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LadiesAndJane said:
If these birds are over 3 months old, you can be fairly confident they are female. 😊
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The paint is the youngest, born at latest aAugust*. The other two are from some point this summer.

She hatches huge numbers each year so she's not 100% sure which ones are what age.


Edites, apparently April is too close to August for autocorrect
 
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laneaj said:
THANK YOU SO MUCH for explaining it this way!!! I'm not sure if I forgot from when mine were chicks or just my fibro brain, hence these little chicks will be a miracle if they survive!
So I don't need to monitor temp underneath plate! What about the room they are in as a whole? Does it matter at all what temp it is?
The reason I ask is cause I would love for my broody to raise these chicks as soon as the large coop is finished (hopefully this weekend). I hadn't planned on her doing that but timing is perfect and less chance of me killing little things.
Our temps are all over the place with today's high of 73 and Friday low of 27.
The new coop is 38 square foot with a monitor roof as ventilation at 5' up.
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Have you done this before with this hen? - given her chicks? That is very risky and I haven't been able to successfully add chicks to a broody, but many have.
Doesn't matter too much for cold temps outside for a broody as long as they have a draft free area with ventilation, access to fresh water and food they are fine with cold temps.
I do however suggest not giving her many chicks if it is freezing cold so mother hen can keep all chicks snuggled well under her.
 
ForTheLoveOfSilkies said:
Have you done this before with this hen? - given her chicks? That is very risky and I haven't been able to successfully add chicks to a broody, but many have.
Doesn't matter too much for cold temps outside for a broody as long as they have a draft free area with ventilation, access to fresh water and food they are fine with cold temps.
I do however suggest not giving her many chicks if it is freezing cold so mother hen can keep all chicks snuggled well under her.
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I have not ever given her chicks...this would be first attempt.
She is doing very well with the eggs she accumulated...she only gets off once a day when I pick her up and set her out...she eats, bathes and drinks, then returns in less than an hour to sit again.
I would just try a couple to see how she does on a warmer night to sit them in with her and see before giving her all 8 that hatched.
 

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