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Quote: I'd be surprised if she can accurately sex the silkies that young, and if she can't tell by comb size/color on the d'uccles by the time they're about 2-3 weeks, she doesn't know what she'd doing...IMO.

Quote: Yeah, once they are big enough to be "afraid" of the other girls, they could run into something / under something for safety. Personally, I don't ever let young birds live with the adult flocks. I take chicks away from their mommas and raise them in brooders (gets the mommas back to...

Quote: I really hope my new silkies don't get picked on when I do integrate them. One good thing is that I already have brahmas and 1 cochin, so mine are used to furry feet. But they are not used to a furry head. I have a broody sitting on some eggs. She went broody on Monday and her eggs...

Quote: Do you think that their buddy needs to be another Silkie or can it just be another type of bantam? No, another bantam would be fine, as long as they are raised together, they won't care who their buddy is. I'd go with the d'Uccle for the Silkie's buddy personally. Sussex are...

Quote: You gave me a giggle with this one. If only our city's Code Compliance Dept., and my husband for that matter, could understand "chicken math". No one understands chicken math...that's why it works.

Quote: I vote for the Wyandottes, I had 2 gold laced and a silver laced and a blue one, also now you can get blue laced red from a few of the hatcheries, and could also possibly find those on craigslist. They are BEAUTIFUL!! If you went with 2 EEs and 2 Wyandottes, I would guess that your...

If you are going to get a bantam, especially a Silkie, I would highly suggest 2 so that they can buddy up. Silkies tend to get picked on by other breeds, and I would not put them alone with large fowl. Also, "mille fleur" is a color variety, not a breed, and is seldom seen in large fowl -...