silkie roo

[AtRendeAcres]

I am wondering if a (silkie) bantam roo will mate with a araucana hen?

I got araucana's for eggs (& pets)

kids got bantams for pets (& HoffmanHatchery doesn't sex bantams)

so I wanted to know if banty roos will try & mate with a light weight chicken or can I keep them together? (I don't want to have to check eggs)

 

[Godiva]

Far as I know roos will try most hens no matter what the size... just like a chihuahua will try to service a great dane grump that is lying down! Maybe someone else has better specifics... Good luck

 

[Frozen Feathers]

Yes they will. My Silkie mates with my EE's and everyone else, too. Even my little Japanese bantam has a go, but usually the bigger girls beat him up...

 

[alex]

Any kind of roo would try to mate a hen at any size. . .it's just "if" he gets a chance. . .but if the hen is bigger then she might peck him or something to get him away.
-alex

 

[AtRendeAcres]

this is what I thought!

my silkie roo & hen are 7 weeks they are with 2 Araucana 5 weeks (others 3 weeks brooding separate & I am noticing some cute roos in there)

Have to keep Vickie (my silkie roo) she was my 1st chicken!

but, if you have a couple roos in the flock do you have to check (some how) the eggs when ever you get them?

or does it not matter?

 

[Frozen Feathers]

Check them to see if they are fertilized?? I don't think you can tell unless you actually crack the egg open and even then a fresh fertilized egg is hard to tell if it really is. As far as I'm concerned they taste the same....yummy

 

[beameuplord]

These posts made me wonder if two breeds mate will the chicks be mixed? this may sound like a stupic question, but I've never heard of a "Rhode Island silkie", of a "Silkie Cochin". Just curious.

I want to keep a pair of cochins in with my silkie pair. Will the roosters be sure to fight? Right now the cochins are just 7 weeks old and my rooster stands guard over the chicks so I wonder if they will go at it when the cochin rooster is mature. I would love to keep both roosters but don't want them to kill each other.

Thanks for all your good advice. I really don't know a lot about raising chickens but I am leanrning a lot from everyone here.

TJ