We are letting our OE Banty hatch 3 eggs from silkies and other banties (don't know what each is till they hatch!)
We let her hatch one at Christmas, and removed the chick as soon as it was almost hatched (it had problems hatching, and she attacked it.)
"Twitters" is now 6 weeks old, and doing great, but is somewhat skittish with everyone-- even tho we are all the company he/she's ever had...
We want these chicks to bond to Us and be "hand raised" so they are friendly pets... does that mean removing them as soon as they hatch, or can we let "momma" brood them the first few days without them being skittish of us??????
The 1st is a Black Silkie-- the other 2 could be either Silkies, Sebright mix, or Mille FLuer D'Uccle mix (like Twitters).
We let her hatch one at Christmas, and removed the chick as soon as it was almost hatched (it had problems hatching, and she attacked it.)
"Twitters" is now 6 weeks old, and doing great, but is somewhat skittish with everyone-- even tho we are all the company he/she's ever had...
We want these chicks to bond to Us and be "hand raised" so they are friendly pets... does that mean removing them as soon as they hatch, or can we let "momma" brood them the first few days without them being skittish of us??????
The 1st is a Black Silkie-- the other 2 could be either Silkies, Sebright mix, or Mille FLuer D'Uccle mix (like Twitters).