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Yes it does.....
We sold or auctioned 4 laying hens, 3 ee chicks, 2 polish roos and 2 silkie roos
We gained 2 silkie chicks, a pair of oegb's and 11 barred rock chicks
How about you?
I downsized 2 tom turkeys, 13 runner ducks, 2 silkie roos, 2 adult guineas, about 20 assorted pullets and roos that were 3-5 months old and 10 guinea keets. We gained 6 polish teenagers, a pair of Saipan Jungle Fowl, a Malay/nn cross rooster, 20 assorted chicks, 2 silkie hens and one young quail.
Last night was a cool night so I am hopeful that all 20 chicks were accepted by their new mama hens. I had 2 large hens hatch out chicks this past week and their chicks were about the same color as the ones I added beneath them last night. I am counting on the theory that hens can distinguish color, but can't count - to allow me to sneak in extra chicks under them. I gave the Saipan chick back to its mother and I am confident it will be well accepted, but knew better than to try and give a Saipan a chick she didn't hatch and isn't exactly the same color as the ones she did hatch. They are very protective of their own chicks, but will not accept other chicks they can distinguish from their own.
That little rooster is not a cross, he is full bantam Malay and I chose him because of his personality. Puppy dog sweet and he followed me around like one too whether I had a feed bucket or not! He is a late hatch and should be about half grown. If anything like his dad he will be good to the hens too, they never have a feather out of place
