Hi, I have raised chickens going on 4yrs, our Roos are two Silkies, but we have aggressive "fighter" breeds mixed into our brood, so the young males run our Roos out of the yard. We send the aggressive one's to the farm, but this new guy is In Love with my Giant Jersey Miga's and I don't want to...
My hen was on day 18 of brooding, she's a silkie. Her name is Reese. Her sister Rose brought her 13 chicks up to Reese's nest, the next day Rose got herself a devoted Nanny and Reese only lays in her nest (in fact all 15 of them) lay in her nest at night Reese follows the babies around with Rose...