will silkie mother my chicks?

[Lynngraham]

I have a young silkie who was broody but had no fertile eggs. She is no longer broody, but I have incubated silkie chicks and wonder if I can put them with her after hatching? Will she attack them if she is no longer sitting?

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

No. She is not sitting.

Some hens do very well with chicks, and silkies are very mother-y, but she's not broody, and non broody hens can be very aggressive.