I've thought about putting the silkie rooster over my barred Rock hens, but I can put pretty much any rooster over them and get sex links, so that's not really fun. My bantam cochins actually lay pretty good, I was surprised how well they lay. When they're not broody, of course!
But I could...
You've got me talked into doing this! I'm looking for bantam cochin hens and trying to figure out what color silkie rooster to go with...oh and of course the pens to put them in