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[Hinotori]

I have free silkies if someone needs a few. Adults are just over a year old and there are these that are 18 weeks old tomorrow. The won't lay until January most likely. Spring hatched silkies don't usually lay for me until they are 9 months. Not show quality as they do have some cochin in them. Not that you can actually tell.

 

[Smokerbill]

@Hinotori , I would like to have one of your incubators. I don't know much about them but I'm going to need one. My cockerel is doing his best to make all his hens' eggs fertile. LOL

edited to add:

Wait, you mean broody chickens as incubators? If so, no thanks. I thought you meant mechanical incubators.

 

[Hinotori]

@Hinotori , I would like to have one of your incubators. I don't know much about them but I'm going to need one. My cockerel is doing his best to make all his hens' eggs fertile. LOL

edited to add:

Wait, you mean broody chickens as incubators? If so, no thanks. I thought you meant mechanical incubators.

I mean silkies. Living incubators. Sorry. I can edit it to be less confusing

 

[Smokerbill]

I mean silkies. Living incubators. Sorry. I can edit it to be less confusing

No problem, I finally figured it out. LOL

But I am going to need to start looking for, or making, an incubator. I don't know if any of my girls will go broody, or even if I want them to go broody.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I keep both here bird and mechanical incubators. I like Janoel solid plastic units have great hatches in them. Price is not huge either. both bought off Amazon.

 

[Hinotori]

I keep both here bird and mechanical incubators. I like Janoel solid plastic units have great hatches in them. Price is not huge either. both bought off Amazon.

I use a Brinsea Octagon 20 with humidity pump. They don't even make that model anymore. Then I have the silkies. I also have a brooder plate for backup that I rarely use because silkies

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have a real nice Humidity meter I bought being hard plastic once a day look add if low.
Made a loaf of french bread to go with dinner.

 

[ValerieJ]

No problem, I finally figured it out. LOL

But I am going to need to start looking for, or making, an incubator. I don't know if any of my girls will go broody, or even if I want them to go broody.

There is nothing like having your hens raise the chicks. I always prefer my hens to do the brooding, hatching and raising. Minimal work for me and they love it. Yours will go broody, but not yet. Either in the Fall or next spring and I'm guessing more toward next spring.

 

[Smokerbill]

There is nothing like having your hens raise the chicks. I always prefer my hens to do the brooding, hatching and raising. Minimal work for me and they love it. Yours will go broody, but not yet. Either in the Fall or next spring and I'm guessing more toward next spring.

That's really what I'm hoping for. I'm going to need to start watching closely so I can put the eggs from the hen of my choice under the broody. I guess that will work, won't it? Swapping out the broody's eggs?

 

[Hinotori]

That's really what I'm hoping for. I'm going to need to start watching closely so I can put the eggs from the hen of my choice under the broody. I guess that will work, won't it? Swapping out the broody's eggs?

Yes it will work.

Are you raising a breed that at least goes occasionally broody? The ameraucana Ive had would go broody once a year at most. My last one is currently broody.