silkies and cochins

[FF]

Well I got me some blue silkies. Male and female. A buff silkie. Girl. And 2 barred cochins. Rooster and hen. These chickens are full grown but they are so tiny! These little guys are very small. I was told that they are best for hatching out babies but the 2of these little fellers will equal a silkie. How do I these little guys to go broody and hatch out little ones? I have a incubator and turner but I want to see how good these guys do. If they don't do good, I can't eat them because the're just ain't nothing to them. You should here the little cochin crow too.

It sounds like a chciken about 3 miles away that is just learning to crow. Very funny. But how do I get the mom silkies and cochin to go broody? I would like baby chicks from them so I can sell them. That's the ereason i posted on this thread I rasie big egg layers so i know nothing about these. Thanks a whole bunch for the input. And you should see this little guy!

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

how old are the pullets/hens that you have? if they are still young it might not be till they hit about 9 months before going broody.

my dh processed a few of the bantam roos i had that became mean and though they are small if you let them grow out to their 2-2 1/2lb weight they should be fine for processing but would be better used for making soup stock or broth, or brine them before roasting them.

btw, you really can't get a hen to go broody, they will show signs on their own like hoarding eggs and squawking at you or other birds when they so much as look at the broody little momma!

 

[FF]

Hi. They are 1.5 year old. Thanks

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

i would suggest give the hens some test eggs or find something you could use that is a fake egg like a golf ball or a rounded stone that may look like an egg. feed stores sell ceramic eggs too. this will show you if they will go broody or not. give them a few days to a week to see if they get off the eggs or will stay on them all the time and screech at you when you go by the nest. if at the end of this time they are showing that i would give them some eggs to sit on.

my 2 broodies (a faverolles and a frizzled cochin) tried to set over 10 eggs each and still had room under them for more eggs. (my eggs were medium sized) the bantams will flatten down like a pancake (even LF will do that) to cover all eggs, they even use their wings to help keep them warm.

if you have pic i would love to see them!