Egg Hatching

[Mini Horses]

Set some eggs!! Shell mother her own, not those you bought. Sometimes if they're setting a nest, you can slip a couple just hatched chicks under her at night & she may take them.

Silkies seem to be a "village" for parent sharing

 

[Hinotori]

Set some eggs!! Shell mother her own, not those you bought. Sometimes if they're setting a nest, you can slip a couple just hatched chicks under her at night & she may take them.

Silkies seem to be a "village" for parent sharing

They really are. I've had a lot of involved roosters, too.

Mass of silkies co-parenting and one will hide the chicks while the others attack

 

[CrealCritter]

I hatched 20 mixed chicks a few months back. I gave 10 to the neighbors, sold 5 and kept 5. Don't know the sex breakdown on the 5 I sold but the 10 I gave to the neighbors turned out to be 9 pullets and 1 roo. The 5 I kept for myself - 4 roos and 1 pullet. Sigh.... never fails, lol!

Wife needs to stop sending me to town

She asked me: "What kind of chickens are those?" I said: these chickens? They are the best kind, 50 cent chickens, that lay eggs. I did flip them over on their back in the palm of my had and all these pulled both feet up tight, so they are all hens. There were a lot of roos in those two tubs.

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[frustratedearthmother]

I'll have to remember the flipping the chick over trick...

I don't regret giving away the pullets to the neighbors. The chicks were for the kids and they picked the ones they wanted. But - the next time I want to buy some chicks - I'm taking my neighbor kids and they can pick out the chicks for me, lol!