I was thinking about maybe getting a couple silkie chickens to act as brood hens if none of my ducks decide to go broody in a timely manner. Have you used yours for that?
One of the reason I chose ducks over chickens is that from what I had read, ducks don't seem to care about different breeds as much. I knew that whatever species of backyard poultry I got, that I wouldn't be able to settle on just one or two breeds - not without doing proper "scientific...