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post #11 of 14

2/14/09 at 9:00pm

Mahonri
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Only one of my "Rainbow Layers" that went broody was a Partridge Rock and she sat for over 4 weeks.

Keeper of 26 hens, 4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Mama Olive Eggers w/ 15 chicks each, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucana pullets, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and 41 juvies of various breeds. YIKES! Time to SELL some chickens!

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post #12 of 14

4/23/12 at 7:52pm

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I'm always
Looking in the pen and boxes for some broody gals but can't get any I have 2 black australorps a buff brahma hen and a buff brahma rooster :(any tips on what i can do about that all the hens are about 16 to 20 months old and they all lay 1 egg per day except in the winter. All hens and the rooster are (Bantems).

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4/26/12 at 10:33am

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I don't know of a way to make a hen go broody. You could try separating one of the Australorps out and putting her in a smaller pen with a solid floor with a nest. In the nest, try putting some "decoy" eggs- ceramic or wood. The quiet confinement away from the male you have might encourage her. There's been a broody outbreak at my house with my best Jersey Giant hen and just about every Australorp I own going broody at the same time, so I have the opposite problem- trying to break up my broodies!

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