Silkies hatching Keets

[Mattisonmandi]

I have found my Guinea’s nest and have been putting their eggs under my 3 broody silkie hens. Some are due to hatch in a few days and I’m debating how to handle this. Should I move one of my silkie hens in the brooder with the eggs and let her hatch them and raise them for a bit? How many eggs can one silkie sit on? If I put more than one broody hen in the brooder will the other kill the babies?
Thanks!!

 

[Roosterrob21]

Silkies are the "mother chicken". They will sit as long as they can and will even raise up other fowl that's been abandoned including turkeys. So yeah if your other birds are not doing the job ol silkies don't mind a bit!

 

[Roosterrob21]

And no to the baby killing. Not a couple silkie hens, they ain't killing nothing.