My chickens hatched eggs and only one successfully hatched so she had three moms and no siblings along with one dad. But the dad died and one of the moms doesn't like her cuz she's a different breed... But the chick is two months and healthy
Oh, thank you so much. Yes, we have had some very, very nice silkies over the years. As far as the goofiness of a setting hen - I have to agree. We have one on the nest right now and at least three more 'thinking about it." There's a whole lot o' clucking going on out there! :) Thank you again for watching and for taking the time to comment! Please do consider sharing and subscribing. :)
Cindy Lou Willson I have 2 setting Orpintons right now, but no eggs. I dont want any chicks right now, but i just love to go pick them up and love on them. They make such a racket but never even think about pecking. I also have a tiny black silkie, but lost my little buff one last yr. She lived in the house. She had a little crate next to my bed that she would go to bed in. She was my shadow. She was always glued to my foot. Vet thought it was reproductive ca. I felt like i lost part of my soul. But it was worth it. Sorry for blabbering 😊 Are your silkies a particular type? Other than white? Mine are much smaller than your. Do you raise chicks to sell?
That is awesome. That's what I have setting, too. Orpingtons. As far as silkies, I have stopped raising them, as keeping them clean was a challenge. Mostly I raised bearded buff silkies, but we also had lavender, black, splash, blue, and of course, white. We loved them, but they required a lot more care than the rest of our flocks. I have a special needs child, so sometimes things that require more of my time need to go. I still am sad I gave them up, though. My favorites were the bearded buff. They are hard to come by - especially good quality ones. As far as keeping in the house, I've had many customers over the years that kept their pet chicken (and in one case TURKEY) in their house. They wore diapers and fit right in as the family pet. I'm so sorry you lost your sweet buff. I know and understand what pets they can become. We've had many over the years we've grown very attached to. As to raising chicks to sell, I do, but they are pick up only. I don't ship live birds. I do however ship hatching eggs throughout the U.S. :)
Cindy Lou Willson Im in Az where are you? Its way easier to keep silkies in the house. Of course the one that was my constant companion got baths and was as neat as could be. With those feathered feet its impossible to keep them free of poo. I bet your lavender silkies were just gorgeous. I just lost my white cochin hen who was 13yrs. She was a house pet too. She was just the sweetest thing. Keeping cochins clean is a nightmare too. She felt like a ball of fluffy cotton. Chickens make such wonderful pets. So how long did these little duckys stay with their silkie moms? They are just adorable together. I had let my little black silkie set on one of the eggs from my polish roo and my wyandotte hen. They were so cute together. The chick was yellow as could be with his blacker than black mom. Plus he got so big so fast. He was as big as mom in nothing flat. But she was the best mom. The chick grew up to be absolutely beautiful. Hes huge, twice as big as his dad. And about 5 different colors. Hes got the longest spurs ive ever seen. It been really nice chatting. I could talk about chickens forever 😊
They were telling you off and then some. Really they should watch their language around the children. Oh, well... at least it was in a different language.
Yes, Silkies are extremely fluffy. Very unique also as they have black skin, bones, and meat. Their feathers are more like hair than feathers. Very neat chickens! :) Thank you for taking the time to comment!!!
I lost one of my baby bunnies when my cochin adopted it (stole it from it's mom) so I gave the cochin 10 duck eggs. she's happily setting but I don't know what will happen when my ducks & chicken see cochin come out with baby ducks in tow. animals are funny. looks like you've got motherly silkies...have fun.
Yes, it makes it SO EASY when you can have a hen raise them. These silkies are so great at motherhood. I wish they were BIGGER for more chicks. LOL! Thanks for taking the time to watch and also to leave a comment. Every view, comment, like, subscribe, and share helps our little channel to grow. It is much appreciated!
It seems like I always have my silkies go broody in pairs. I had a doghouse in my pin that they Would sleep in at night and I had too many silkies to keep track of and one day I go back there and find two hens sitting on eight teen chicks.
Thank you! We raised them for years and I can't recall the original stock, but they are from years of breeding and pulling in from outside, etc. Thanks for taking the time to watch and also to leave a comment. Every action helps our little channel to grow. Thank you! It's much appreciated!
Farmer Nate You can, but you'll have a problem when the baby mama goes swimming (in case you have a big pond or a river near by). Female turkey can raise ducks and chickens as well.
I have a non-bearded white silkie bantam a bearded white silkie bantam and a bearded grey silkie bantam and all 3 of them are broody right now but I don’t have room for more babies ☹️☹️😞
Ah, silkie hens... I had a absolute BITCH of a hen who when brooding would even go after our rooster, and he was a Buff Orp! And it is HIGHLY amusing to watch this huge rooster come running over to me with the hen (We called her Bitchie, and yeah, she responded to it) right on his ass...
They cannot see very well. This makes them especially susceptible to predators. Some folks will trim their feathers or tie in a pony tail holder. :) On a side note, don't forget many here are children. Expressing your thoughts in a more G rated fashion would be appreciated. Thanks!
Silkies lay cream colored eggs. Ameraucana, Araucana, Legbars, Easter Eggers, and a few other breeds lay blue, blue green, or shades in between. Silkies only lay cream eggs unless they are mixed with a blue egg layer. :)
Yes, it is a SILKIE. Silkies are very unique in that they have hair like feathers, black skin, black bones, and black meat! They are very different. They also make extremely good mama's. :)
This is so precious that they are raising the ducklings as their own!
Yes, they were family. :) Thank you for taking the time to view and comment!
You're welcome! Thank you for putting this on RUclips!
2 mamas? It's so very cute.... Lucky ducklings!
My chickens hatched eggs and only one successfully hatched so she had three moms and no siblings along with one dad. But the dad died and one of the moms doesn't like her cuz she's a different breed... But the chick is two months and healthy
Two fluffy pillows how cute
its nice to see that 2 hens are raising togheter!
Lennart Brouwers Yes, they are sisters. I'm glad you enjoyed. Please be so kind to consider sharing? Thank you!
+Lennart Brouwers Our 3 silkies do that too, they are too poopy to hatch anything though.
Cindy Lou Willson why tf you pick them up dont you see that trying to warm there egg
The eggs have hatched. :)
Awww!!! Thank you! Never seen 2 hens hatching together. Thank you for a lovely lovely vid!
I love silkie chickens SOOO MUCHH
I have to agree. They are awesome fluff balls. LOL! Thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a comment! I truly appreciate it!
Your welcome I have a lot of chickens! And I really want silkie chickens!!!😁
@@ItsMarzLolol They are AWESOME!!!
They look like a great moms.
Lol They sure griped at you when you lifted them!
Yup. Mama mode! LOL!
Haha, how funny !!! Miss hen s a bit grumpy being didturbed over her oddling babes !!! Hear that Rooster crowing away !!!
Yes indeed! LOL! Thank you for taking the time to comment. I'm glad you enjoyed. :)
That is so cute. The momma was chicken growling. Lol. At least they don't get mean when they go broody.
Yes, I have to say I agree. Of course I'm not biased! :)
Their too cute their like literal land clouds!!
LOLOL!!!!! Land clouds! Oh my lands! That's a really good description. :)
That's so cute.
Thank you! I have to agree! LOL!
1:57 "Back off my baby beech....peck!" Lol
Yes, exactly! LOL!
There's nothing funnier than a setting hen.
Those silkies are so beautiful.
Oh, thank you so much. Yes, we have had some very, very nice silkies over the years. As far as the goofiness of a setting hen - I have to agree. We have one on the nest right now and at least three more 'thinking about it." There's a whole lot o' clucking going on out there! :) Thank you again for watching and for taking the time to comment! Please do consider sharing and subscribing. :)
Cindy Lou Willson
I have 2 setting Orpintons right now, but no eggs.
I dont want any chicks right now, but i just love to go pick them up and love on them. They make such a racket but never even think about pecking.
I also have a tiny black silkie, but lost my little buff one last yr.
She lived in the house.
She had a little crate next to my bed that she would go to bed in. She was my shadow. She was always glued to my foot.
Vet thought it was reproductive ca.
I felt like i lost part of my soul. But it was worth it.
Sorry for blabbering 😊
Are your silkies a particular type? Other than white?
Mine are much smaller than your.
Do you raise chicks to sell?
That is awesome. That's what I have setting, too. Orpingtons. As far as silkies, I have stopped raising them, as keeping them clean was a challenge. Mostly I raised bearded buff silkies, but we also had lavender, black, splash, blue, and of course, white. We loved them, but they required a lot more care than the rest of our flocks. I have a special needs child, so sometimes things that require more of my time need to go. I still am sad I gave them up, though. My favorites were the bearded buff. They are hard to come by - especially good quality ones.
As far as keeping in the house, I've had many customers over the years that kept their pet chicken (and in one case TURKEY) in their house. They wore diapers and fit right in as the family pet. I'm so sorry you lost your sweet buff. I know and understand what pets they can become. We've had many over the years we've grown very attached to.
As to raising chicks to sell, I do, but they are pick up only. I don't ship live birds. I do however ship hatching eggs throughout the U.S. :)
Cindy Lou Willson
Im in Az where are you?
Its way easier to keep silkies in the house. Of course the one that was my constant companion got baths and was as neat as could be. With those feathered feet its impossible to keep them free of poo.
I bet your lavender silkies were just gorgeous.
I just lost my white cochin hen who was 13yrs. She was a house pet too. She was just the sweetest thing.
Keeping cochins clean is a nightmare too. She felt like a ball of fluffy cotton.
Chickens make such wonderful pets.
So how long did these little duckys stay with their silkie moms? They are just adorable together.
I had let my little black silkie set on one of the eggs from my polish roo and my wyandotte hen. They were so cute together. The chick was yellow as could be with his blacker than black mom.
Plus he got so big so fast.
He was as big as mom in nothing flat. But she was the best mom. The chick grew up to be absolutely beautiful. Hes huge, twice as big as his dad. And about 5 different colors. Hes got the longest spurs ive ever seen.
It been really nice chatting.
I could talk about chickens forever 😊
I'm in Virginia - so... a short three thousand miles away. :) And, yes, I can talk chickens forever, too! LOL! Have a great day!
They were telling you off and then some. Really they should watch their language around the children. Oh, well... at least it was in a different language.
TJ W 😂😂😂
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Wow those hen are very fluffy
Yes, Silkies are extremely fluffy. Very unique also as they have black skin, bones, and meat. Their feathers are more like hair than feathers. Very neat chickens! :) Thank you for taking the time to comment!!!
hey love you hen
Awww! Glad you enjoyed! :)
I lost one of my baby bunnies when my cochin adopted it (stole it from it's mom) so I gave the cochin 10 duck eggs. she's happily setting but I don't know what will happen when my ducks & chicken see cochin come out with baby ducks in tow. animals are funny. looks like you've got motherly silkies...have fun.
hermosas esa gallinas con esas plumas en la cabeza.
love it
The CUTEST THING EVER - & I'm not usually into cute.
Those hens are too cute. Cute Mamma's. How were those Ducklings breathing under them? LOL. It's so lovely to see Foster co parenting. 😍😍🇮🇳🇮🇳
LOL! Yes, I know what you mean! Thanks for taking the time to view and comment!!!!
@@Chickens4Lu Haha. Your videos are too cute actually.
How sweet!!!!❤
I'm glad you enjoyed! Thank you for taking the time to comment!
Watching this on the anniversary.
I'm glad you enjoyed. Thank you for coming back!
😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍
Wish my sillie was broodie like that. We could have had her raise our barred rock chick.
Yes, it makes it SO EASY when you can have a hen raise them. These silkies are so great at motherhood. I wish they were BIGGER for more chicks. LOL! Thanks for taking the time to watch and also to leave a comment. Every view, comment, like, subscribe, and share helps our little channel to grow. It is much appreciated!
cute and funny
I'm glad you enjoyed.
Too cute
LOL! Thank you. I have to say I agree. (I'm sure I'm not biased at all! :)
very protective mamas
No wonder silkie is barely seeing their beak 😄
Yes. She is quite the fluffy thing! Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment!
Yes, the hens hatched the eggs and are raising the ducks as their own. :)
I’d be mad too if you came over messing with me and my babies while I was relaxing. Lol Mama said,” I just got them to sleep!!!”
HAHAHAHA!!!!! Yup. I would be, too! :)
It seems like I always have my silkies go broody in pairs. I had a doghouse in my pin that they Would sleep in at night and I had too many silkies to keep track of and one day I go back there and find two hens sitting on eight teen chicks.
dang. thats a load
That is so awesome! I am just seeing this. It is many years ago. I wonder do you still have your silkies?
Very nice!:)
Thank you!
That's too darling!!!
LOL! Thank you! Please do consider subscribing. There is much more to come. :)
How many duck eggs can a silkie hatch?
It depends on what kind/size the duck eggs. Generally speaking about three. :)
Mine would never be able to co-raise a clutch like that. They are too competitive and they try to steal each other's eggs
These two raised several hatches together. :)
Cindy Lou Willson Adorable. Silkies are a truly unique and amazing breed.
I agree wholeheartedly!
I had no idea two hens would even co-nest.
nice
Thank you! :)
Leave us alone already!!
LOL! I'm pretty sure that is EXACTLY what she is saying!
Awesome vid id give it a like but would have a hell of a time explaining why it came on my playlist while on the cook line haha
This comment makes me laugh every time I read it. :)
Those are beautiful silkies. Where did you get them?
Thank you! We raised them for years and I can't recall the original stock, but they are from years of breeding and pulling in from outside, etc. Thanks for taking the time to watch and also to leave a comment. Every action helps our little channel to grow. Thank you! It's much appreciated!
Your keelling the rest und Peace.
those are alien hens, they speak alien language. looks like chickens form a star trek movie.
orange11squares sorry to be the party pooper but they are just silkies
That's adorable. Did the hens adopt them?
do you mist duck eggs under a chicken?please answer!
If I'm hatching them under a hen - NO. If in an incubator - YES. Good luck! I hope you get a great hatch!!
NICE VID :)
😍😍😍😍😍
LOL! I'm glad you enjoyed. :)
Do you know if i can get a broody duck to raise chickens?
Farmer Nate I think so but the reason of why people use broody hens to raise ducks is cause ducks are not as reliable on raising their young.
Farmer Nate I don't know. I"ve not tried it the other way around. I've hatched many ducks under chickens but never chickens under ducks.
Farmer Nate You can, but you'll have a problem when the baby mama goes swimming (in case you have a big pond or a river near by). Female turkey can raise ducks and chickens as well.
yes. but i wouldn't reccome it. she'll go to the water. They'll try to follow and most likely drown.
The duck will go into the water and the baby chicks will follow and drown, so don't do it.
I have a non-bearded white silkie bantam a bearded white silkie bantam and a bearded grey silkie bantam and all 3 of them are broody right now but I don’t have room for more babies ☹️☹️😞
Awwww!!!! That's a shame! Could you let them hatch some eggs and then sell the chicks? Maybe keep one or two (or three)? :)
Cindy Lou Willson I wish I could but I would get so attached it would be hard to give them away :3
I've never heard of hens sharing a batch before :) what happens when they get older, do the hens keep sharing them or do they split up?
Leave the mother alone! Sheesh
Bill Dejean agree.
What the exact name of this hen
She is a bearded white Silkie.
my freind has ducklings and there not so little any more there the size of pigeons now
Ah, silkie hens... I had a absolute BITCH of a hen who when brooding would even go after our rooster, and he was a Buff Orp! And it is HIGHLY amusing to watch this huge rooster come running over to me with the hen (We called her Bitchie, and yeah, she responded to it) right on his ass...
2 hens sharing? lol
Yes! They both shared the eggs and both raised the ducklings together.
Cindy Lou Willson sweet! usually they ask the other to distant themselves.
I guess neither would give up the nest! :)
Cindy Lou Willson lmao!!!
جميل
am i the only one weirded out ehen silkies scream
LOL! If it helps, all Mama hens make that sound when they are ticked. :) Thanks or taking the time to comment!
They are broody not crumby
one question that we will never know. how the fuck do they see with all of that..??
They cannot see very well. This makes them especially susceptible to predators. Some folks will trim their feathers or tie in a pony tail holder. :) On a side note, don't forget many here are children. Expressing your thoughts in a more G rated fashion would be appreciated. Thanks!
oh. sorry
ummmmmmmm why are the hens siting on the ducks they are not there mother if they are there mother then they won't sit on them
Many chicken hens will raise chicks that are not their own - be they ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, etc. They are awesome mothers!
no será abusar mucho de las gallinas ponerles huevos de patitos
They are Costly as hell 😢😢😢😢😢😢
Yes, the quality ones can be pricey. :/
Silkies lay blue eggs
Moosie Girl my silkies lay white eggs
I thought they laid cream eggs but they have blue earlobes
Silkies lay cream colored eggs. Ameraucana, Araucana, Legbars, Easter Eggers, and a few other breeds lay blue, blue green, or shades in between. Silkies only lay cream eggs unless they are mixed with a blue egg layer. :)
Interesting noise. not like other chickens
well its normal I have a chicken named lovey she has that voice
2degucitas my chickens sound like those hens and I have no silkies
I feel like I am dumb
Noooooo!!!!! My lands! Not at all!!!!! Your questions are very good and valid! Thank you for taking the time to respond!
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@@Chickens4Lu l love you Hz İsa
They were growling don't interfere
LOL! Yes! :)
Cindy Lou Willson I have silkies at home that's how I know they growled when I touched them when they were brody
雞都比人有感情
我同意。他們也是很棒的寵物！感謝您觀看並花時間發表評論！
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The hens looks strange
Yes, it is a SILKIE. Silkies are very unique in that they have hair like feathers, black skin, black bones, and black meat! They are very different. They also make extremely good mama's. :)
dece rata este boboci si de unde sunteti
duas mães :0
Sí. Dos gallinas Mama. :)
جميل
Thank you! شكرا لكم! shukraan lakum!