How many chicks can a Silkie Raise?

[27 chickens]

I have a broody Silkie sitting on 5 Dominique Eggs and 8 in the incubator, all due to hatch the same day. I plan to slip some of the ones out of the incubator to her for raising. How many Dom chicks could I expect the Silkie to handle? I'd like to give all of them to her...she did a great job on her last batch of seven chicks. Should I be concerned that 13 might be too many and they might suffocate trying to get under her wings???

 

[little_grey_bantam]

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I had an Australorp hen help me raise 60 chicks - and later when I sold most of them - down to 25 - she adopted these chicks as her own one day when she found them in my brooder lol

 

[27 chickens]

So just watch to see if they are all getting under her wings the first few days?