2007-03-19 19:42:19 · 10 answers · asked by Kam 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
any broody hen will do depending on the size of the clutch.G/fowl eggs take 24-30days to hatch whilst domestic fowl is 19-21days.do not store eggs longer than 10days before incubating as their viability decrease fast after this period and if need be store eggs pointy end down
2007-03-19 21:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by bryte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guinea fowl successfully brood their own eggs. But, if you need a surrogate mum, then Silkies are great for that! And guinea eggs are very close in size to bantam eggs.
2007-03-19 20:32:23 · answer #2 · answered by PJJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any breedy large fowl or bantam will sit on the eggs including the guinea fowl
2007-03-20 05:18:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As previous - all bantams are good to sit on just about any eggs (as long as they are not too big). My mum has more than a dozen different breeds of bantam and they have even hatched duck eggs.
2007-03-19 20:20:01 · answer #4 · answered by chillipope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guineas normally will set their own eggs but you can use any broody chicken, Silkies are good because they will sit on almost anything. I have had them try to hatch rocks in the yard and have set them on Emu eggs... and it did work.. but the chick was bigger than the silkies when they hatched. Good luck.
2007-03-19 21:11:28 · answer #5 · answered by hotsnakes2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know any broody chicken is suitable but I think bantams make good mothers. Try a poultry magazine you might get a better answer
2007-03-19 19:54:59 · answer #6 · answered by rocky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of my Silkies have been very family oriented. One of my roosters sat on his hen’s nesting box practically the whole time she was broody. He never touched the eggs, he was just rather devoted to the hen. When the chicks hatched he helped care/feed them, and even slept on them at night with his hen. I have had several very sweet families like this (even with different breeds), and the rooster has never helped with the hatching. Best wishes, Jamie/RhodeRunner
2016-03-29 07:40:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure why not they are better mothers
i used to have a lot of silkies,the best pest control my garden ever had ,
the peoples cats killed them all ,about 40 of them
then i reforrested with all the cats (planted trees)
some people did not talk to me for a year after that
i loved my silkies
2007-03-19 20:43:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are very suitable if you have no incubator. They make good broodhens and mothers.
2007-03-19 20:20:53 · answer #9 · answered by Sonja 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why don't u do some research on ur own.that's advisable.do check out some websites. fella.
2007-03-19 19:53:28 · answer #10 · answered by maggie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋