Some Cuteness

[Mylied]

My two showgirls and one of my young silkies went broody all on one nest. I wasn't really paying attention as I let them do what they want. I finally decided to go through the nest and there were 46 eggs. Oops. 14 were with in days of hatching so I put them back under the girls. 12 looked about halfway through and I put them in the incubator. The rest went to the pigs for a treat. One showgirl decided she didn't want to brood anymore. The eggs started hatching and the two broodies are happily clucking away (and still rolling freshly laid eggs under them!). I'm going to check later today and remove all fresh eggs. At last count yesterday 5 chicks had hatched.

 

[JaeG]

Wow, that's quite a stash they had amassed. The chicks look adorable - thanks for sharing.

 

[Mylied]

Wow, that's quite a stash they had amassed. The chicks look adorable - thanks for sharing.

I hadn't realized all 3 silkie pullets were laying. Before the broodiness had started I was getting one or two eggs a day from the 3 silkies and 2 showgirls.

 

[N F C]

Those are some over-achieving girls you have there! Congrats on the new chicks

 

[Mylied]

I think there were 8 chicks this morning. It's hard to count them with angry moms fussing at me. Lol. I pulled out several new eggs too. One silkie was laying an egg in the pile as I was checking on them.

 

[Mylied]

She took five of the chicks on a walk while the silkie took care of the remaining eggs and chicks.