What type of Rooster to add to flock...

[Jenny d]

Hello all,
I just moved to an area where I can add a rooster to my backyard group of 9 hens.
I have 2 easter eggers, a lavender orpington, a welsummer, a belgian d'uccle mix and 4 silkies.
I was thinking of adding either a silkie rooster or an easter egger rooster to my flock, but I'm worried that if I get a silkie my big girls will be mean to him, or if I get an easter egger rooster he'll be too big for my silkies.
Any advice on what to add? I was also considering separating my bigs from my littles, but I'm not quite there yet in terms of housing.
The other question is whether to pick up a young cockerel, a mature fellow, or get one of my silkies to hatch some eggs...
What have others had work or not work?
Anyways I thought pondering this might be a pleasant distraction from the real world right now.
Thanks.

[Ontario Chick]

I am going to assume the Ester egger has some Ameraucana in it, and they tend to have a bit of an attitude.
I think a good silky rooster doesn't know he is just a little fellow
Introducing ANY new bird in to your flock brings with it it's own set of complications.
Yes a lovely and pleasant musing on a foggy day :)

[Killerbunny]

Bantam roosters have absolutely NO idea that they are small so can often get the job done!

[Brebis]

No matter what, it’s has to be as good to the people it lives with as well as its girls! Nothing worse than a nasty rooster!

[Kbr42]

I have both, a Silkie Rooster (Harold) and an Olive Egger Rooster(Oliver).
I also have both big and little girls in with each Rooster. I have found over the years that the Silkie Rooster thinks he's a 'big fella'. He tries with the big girls....they think it's funny. However, when Oliver tries with little girls, it's not pretty. I often step in and put an end to it. I would go with a good silkie rooster!

[KimChick]

If I were in your shoes, I would try an in-between size before I would have two roosters. I think that would mean a bantam?
We have a standard Barred Rock rooster; he is fairly big. He seems almost too big for our standard Red Sex-links, but he is a good fellow, always on guard for the hens.

[Ontario Chick]

One benefit of getting a silky rooster I forgot to mention, it will give you an opportunity for at least one pure breed, where adding EE only leads general confusion and mutts

[Jenny d]

One benefit of getting a silky rooster I forgot to mention, it will give you an opportunity for at least one pure breed, where adding EE only leads general confusion and mutts

This is something I have been seriously considering, and I think will be the tipping factor.
I spend so much time and energy on my flock, I have been thinking that I should maybe be aiming for something higher than just making mutts, and the silkies are favourites of mine. Perhaps I will sally on over to the "for sale" part of PTO and see if there are cockerels or hatching eggs close to me.

[kenya]

Yes a silkie would be nice with that group, I'd give you one but you are too far away unless you come up Stratford way.