Silkie thread!

[Johnn]

hmmm i wonder if there would be a better breed to get that will go broody

 

[langshanlover]

There are some Beautiful Silkies on here!! I love them even though I don't have any right now. I hope to get some and raise them one day, they're just Gorgeous!!!

 

[UrbanFarmerGreg]

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Well I bought a few silkies so that I will have a good hen to go broody in the spring, Only I don't free range much. But I do have a couple muscovy ducks that are excellent mothers and right now I have a black sex-link that is broody... I didn't think they went broody but she keeps sitting on the eggs that my leghorn lays. There are several great broody breeds, just look through the breeds section to see what you like and it tells you how often they go broody, what color eggs, how often they lay, etc... https://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/breed-chart

 

[Johnn]

what does the frequent average and seldom mean?

 

[UrbanFarmerGreg]

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Well that means how often they go broody...
frequent = often
average = fairly often/sometimes
seldom = rarely if at all...

 

[Johnn]

ok thankyou

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

Guys, I'm just wondering what do you do with the older hens who stop laying ?

 

[Johnn]

i let myne live there life

 

[I-Have-Happy-Hens]

Keep my favorites and sell the others to pet/Breeding homes.

Happy-Hens

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

Thank you

Heres a chick pic I took last night.