Game hen?

[RazrRebel]

Hey everybody, I have a question. I bought 9 hens from a lady, a couple of dommers, 4 Delawares, and 3 mixed breed. I have a couple of roosters also, and one banty rooster. The hens won't sit on the eggs, I have read alot on this forum and tried several different things and no luck. A friend said to get a game hen to sit on the eggs. From what I've heard local thats the way alot of people around here do it. Any thoughts on this.

 

[sumi]

I hear Silkie hens are very prone to broodiness. So if you got one of those you'll probably have some chicks sooner or later. I'm not familiar with game hens, sorry!

 

[RazrRebel]

Anybody else?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

My game hen was a great broody. She would even hatch and raise gosling and turkey eggs. I'll second that Silkies are AH-mazing broodies! Cochins are top-notch mamas as well, and they come in bantam or LF. My LF Cochin girls are very large, their fluffy butts cover alot of eggs. Good luck!

 

[RazrRebel]

Thanks I'm going to pick up a couple tomorrow.