CardusChicks
Hatching
I have a total of six chickens, four where raised together (different breeds of large chickens) and two others together (one wydonette and a silkie). The two chickens are very bonded if one is out of sight of the other they scream until they find each other. Well the silkie ended up being a rooster and has started to crow and I live in town but there is no rules on roosters in my town unless someone doesn't like the noise and complains. I have been trying to decide if I should rehome him or not I don't really want to but afraid one of the neighbors might complain but the hens can be louder than him sometimes.I am afraid if I separate them she will not do very well. I am wondering also does anyone know if he can reproduce with standard hens as my husband does not want baby chicks.
. Pleased you joined us. That's unfortunate that the rooster is a Silkie. In terms of your question of him reproducing with standard chicks...while I have never had silkies, my guess would be yes. As they say, birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim...and roosters gotta...well, you know the rest. But here's the good news. With chickens, mating doesn't have to mean reproducing. The Silkie rooster may and likely will breed the hens. They will lay fertile eggs - which only means they what it takes to develop and hatch out. But, and this is the important part, they won't hatch unless a hen sits on them for many, many days. So, if you collect the eggs regularly, no baby chicks. The eggs will look and taste the same as unfertilzed eggs. Some people are wigged out by this but it's only about the idea of it being a fertilized egg - nothing else. Don't worry, if you collect the eggs there is no danger of you cracking an egg and getting a shocking surprise of a beak and little baby chicken feet. It will just be a a normal old egg. Good luck to you! 
