First 2020 set broody
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@KimChick I would look around for another day old chick or 2. It will help in the long run. A single chick is very difficult everyone needs a buddy. There are lots of chicks out there. Good luck! I don't have any day olds.
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Jaye
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I found with my last broodie she had 4 chicks 3 turned out to be cockerals the little pullet no longer fits in always harrassed by the boys so I put her in with the silkie babies. She's a silkie herself gets along great with the babies and will find other friends as they mature amongst them.
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Totally agree with you! Silkies are some kinda wonderful birds. Totally out weights the amount of work they entail. I had a little one that wasn't going to make it. My partner talked me into giving it egg, in the 1/2 shell (kenya wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:15 pmI found with my last broodie she had 4 chicks 3 turned out to be cockerals the little pullet no longer fits in always harrassed by the boys so I put her in with the silkie babies. She's a silkie herself gets along great with the babies and will find other friends as they mature amongst them.
) 2 days later, didn't she pickup. I had her with a silkie Mom and 2 standards. Clearly, the standards were way too much with this little recuse (Lucky). 2 weeks later I had another hatch. 2nd time around for my showgirl Mom. She took Lucky no problem. Lucky and her 3 other silkie chicks are out in the coop with their Showgirl Mom.
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This is interesting everyone, but the other chicks I have are 11-12 days older. You mean I should try bringing one of those to the hen and chick? Maybe pick a small one?
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Killerbunny
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I wouldn't do that!
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No I wouldn't do that until she was bigger, in your case just leave her with the Mom .
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No, go and buy a day old chick(s) from someone on fb or somewhere on this site. That's what I mean. You need to get 1 or 2 more day old chicks and put them under Mom at night. She will take them. Good luck
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I have been known to drive 3 hours round trip to pick up chicks so I don't have any singles. Whenever I hatch shipped eggs, I always put 4 to 6 silkie eggs in with the hatch. Even if I only hatch one of the shipped eggs, my silkies always hatch. So, I make sure I always have more tha one. Learned the hard way, hence the 3 hour round trip to pick up 2 chicks
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