Silkie acting strange! Please read!

[4 Georgia Hens]

Hello BYC folks!
Okay so I have 5 six week old silkie chicks, and a fully grown silkie hen. I am trying to introduce them to each other. When I showed Evie, my silkie hen, the chicks she puffed up and began clucking like she was broody. She also tried to peck them.
This morning, I watched a video of a mother silkie and her chicks. Evie puffed up the same exact way the hen in the video did. She also clucked the same.
Do yal think that she is having maternal instincts to sit on the chicks? Maybe she tried to peck the babies because she wanted them to go under her??
If yal have any suggestions or ideas, please say! Thanks to yal in advance!

 

[Mckennas poultry]

Maybe put the chicks in a small crate outside for 15 mins and watch how she behaves around them, if she sits down beside the crate then you could try giving them to her.

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

Maybe put the chicks in a small crate outside for 15 mins and watch how she behaves around them, if she sits down beside the crate then you could try giving them to her.

Ok! Thank you!!

 

[Mckennas poultry]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicks-introduced-to-non-broody-hens.849988/

 

[Mckennas poultry]

Silkie hens are probably the best mother hens out there, some silkies are broody, raising chicks their entire life so I would definitely try it out. Just keep an eye on them for the first few days

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

Silkie hens are probably the best mother hens out there, some silkies are broody, raising chicks their entire life so I would definitely try it out. Just keep an eye on them for the first few days

Ok! I’ll let yal know how it goes!

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

Update:
I put the chicks in a dog crate next to her run. Evie did the same thing as before; puffing up and clucking like she's broody. She didn't lay down nest to them, though. what to yal think is up with her??

 

[Mckennas poultry]

Could be dominance, try again tomorrow

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

Could be dominance, try again tomorrow

Ok! Thank you for your activeness on this thread

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Yep. I would put them in a crate. One of my ducks did that and it worked. Obviously chickens and ducks are different so it may be different