Out of all the breeds I have, Silkies are the broodiest. Millies are second, but they are easily deterred. They DO like to roost high, BTW... I "lost" my two girls a couple of nights in a row, only to find that they were 8' up and roosting on the cross-bars of the pens. Had to wire it in afterall.
BUT... they are the sweetest things ever. Our roo (also Tyson! ) is very vocal, and sounded like a squeeky toy when he first started to crow. Very lovable... he's momma's boy.
Millie eggs are small... almost considered "pee wee"... about half the size of a large egg. And softly tinted peach color... at least mine are.
Thank you, Tori, very informative. I'd not have thought about the high roosting preference if you hadn't said so. Shmoo, cute little thing you have there! Thank you all for all this input. I'm not being put off the D'uccles here, you know.
Natalie, this cracked me up:
My roo is another story though, he does a fabulous job of protecting his girls. When he was only 6 inches tall and I would take him out to free range and get use to the yard, he would run and jump on the backs of the big ol hens. It was the funniest thing to see. Then he would want to sqwak in their faces, only he couldn't reach so he would jump up and sqwak in their face, up and down.
They would just look at him, like what the heck is that.