Leghorn roo + silkie hen Possible hatch?

[Obyli]

My silkie hen started laying today for the first time and she is 23 weeks old. We thought she was a rooster and now I end up with 4 hens and no silkie rooster. I ve seen my hen mated with my leghorn rooster. If I put eggs in the future in the incubator, will my fertile egg hatch? I am worry that the leghorn size and silkie size not the same and when the little embryo is in there it won't fit the crossed breed

 

[Obyli]

anyone?

 

[Moonkit]

Yes, they can hatch and I think the chicks will even be sex-linked in colors according to an earlier thread on the forum..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=483189&p=1

 

[Herechicks]

I've had leghorn x silke and I usually get a chick that has a mohawk thing going on instead of a crest. And after they are born I can't tell if its a hen or a rooster. I've never gotten sex link chicks from them. They were all blue cause thier dad was a blue silkie and mom was a white leghorn. So ?????????????????? They don't have silkie feathers but they usually do end up with feathers that aren't barred.

 

[Moonkit]

according to that thread.. the dad needs be a leghorn and the mom a silkie to get the sex-links.

 

[Herechicks]

oh okay cool

might have to try that

If I can get anymore chickens.

 

[nicalandia]

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is the OTHER WAY around, Dad needs to be Silkie and the hen Leghorn...