Convince me i need silkies

[fluffycrow]

The only one on your list I've had experience successfully hatching is the Silkies. Never have had a Sussex long enough to go broody. The brahma liked to brood for a week before quitting. The EE just couldn't successfully hatch out her eggs no matter how long she sat, poor thing, and your araucanas are a different breed than the araucanas here.

Seramas are absolutely not the bird for this though

Agreed, poor seramas imagine sitting on 6 aseel eggs

 

[fluffycrow]

Where are you looking. I think Cochins are quite common.
The problem with any breed is that days are still quite short and most birds won't be laying for a few more weeks.
Araucana are rumpless. Have you seen pictures of them?

Yes, I've seen pictures of araucanas, though I don't think many purebreds are available in my country

It's hard to find any purebred chicken here, most people keep ISA browns and leghorns and that's it, 99% of the sellers only sell those. In the past I've had some hatcheries near me breed rarer breeds, but they've all closed down since

 

[ChickenCanoe]

This may help your selection.

http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/chickenbreedcomparison.pdf

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yes, I've seen pictures of araucanas, though I don't think many purebreds are available in my country

It's hard to find any purebred chicken here, most people keep ISA browns and leghorns and that's it, 99% of the sellers only sell those. In the past I've had some hatcheries near me breed rarer breeds, but they've all closed down since

What is your country? That information would help us help you.

 

[fluffycrow]

What is your country? That information would help us help you.

Greece

 

[fluffycrow]

This may help your selection.

http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/chickenbreedcomparison.pdf

This was very informative, thank you!

 

[Amer]

My EE was a very good and determined and intelligent broody but since they are mixes it varies.
She had a Dominique bantam mother who hatched her out in secret and for that reason she did the same and hatched about 10 (having an Ameraucana father so being a small to medium sized chicken.)
She left her remaining eggs and started off with the chicks.
Then we gave them away.
But she had a plan B! And she hatched the egg that had been sitting abandoned for 48 hours.

 

[fluffycrow]

Ok small update, I looked at the parent birds of the araucana eggs and they don't look terrible, probably not the best samples out there, but they're ok

 

[fluffycrow]

They also have Bresse and Australorp eggs avaliable, but I know nothing about Bresse, and australorps aren't that broody, but maybe your experience has been different with them, but my past ones didn't go broody once, that's why I didn't mention them, but I'm putting them out there just in case your experience wasn't the same

 

[fluffycrow]

What is your country? That information would help us help you.

I wonder, since aseel eggs are smaller in size, would I be able to fit more eggs under say a silkie, so for example a silkie can hold 6 normal sized eggs. Would that increase to 8 if she was brooding aseel eggs?