Broody Silkie Roo

[JJackson]

I have 2 Silkie roos about 6 months old. I have 7 hens that are laying - 2 buff Orpingtons, 2 Plymouth barred rocks, 2 Australorps, 1 special needs brown leghorn - and they use a communal nest, for the most part. The 2 roos will intermittently sit on the nest and eggs and guard/defend it/them. At night they sleep on the nest and any eggs that are there... got to wrestle with them to get the eggs.

Is this normal/expected behavior in Silkie roosters?

 

[Tookie]

I have 2 Silkie roos about 6 months old. I have 7 hens that are laying - 2 buff Orpingtons, 2 Plymouth barred rocks, 2 Australorps, 1 special needs brown leghorn - and they use a communal nest, for the most part. The 2 roos will intermittently sit on the nest and eggs and guard/defend it/them. At night they sleep on the nest and any eggs that are there... got to wrestle with them to get the eggs.

Is this normal/expected behavior in Silkie roosters?

Are you sure they're roosters? I've never heard of them doing that.

 

[Yard Farmer]

Are you sure they're roosters? I've never heard of them doing that.

Same.
It could just be the rooster showing the hens the nesting box. Just being a good rooster.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Actually, roosters can be broody, hatch, & raise chicks. It's rare, but it does happen sometimes.

 

[JJackson]

Are you sure they're roosters? I've never heard of them doing that.

Oh yeah, absolutely sure. Have 2 silkie hens too but they're too young yet to lay. The other hens just turned 1 year

 

[JJackson]

Actually, roosters can be broody, hatch, & raise chicks. It's rare, but it does happen sometimes.

That's what I was wondering.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oh yeah, absolutely sure. Have 2 silkie hens too but they're too young yet to lay. The other hens just turned 1 year

Can we get pictures of your roos?