Will anyone be bringing any Silkie Roosters to sell at the Clemson show (Anderson All Breed Bantam), preferably white, next month? All three of our Silkies ended up being girls
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What a problem to have!Will anyone be bringing any Silkie Roosters to sell at the Clemson show (Anderson All Breed Bantam), preferably white, next month? All three of our Silkies ended up being girls
None of my hens will take in a chick unless they are already broody. Even then, it's a gamble as to whether they will accept the chicks. I've never had one accept chicks older than a day or so old, and only if I sneak them under a girl who has been broody long enough.Silkies are great broodies and raise chicks fabulously, but I would be hesitant to say they are good adoptive mothers. If you introduce chicks to any non-broody hen, chances are she'll attack them (it's a dominance thing), even if she is a silkie. I even have one silkie who attacks any chick that is not a silkie, even if she was the one who hatched it (I guess she's 'breedist'!). If you are getting chicks and wanted a hen to mother them, I would have to warn you that that almost never works.