What is the Best brooding Chicken Breed?

It seems my buff orps are always broody.  I'm going to try for the first time to hatch a clutch of eggs under one.

I had very good fortune with my Buff Orpington hens for broodiness.  GREAT Mothers too!

Here is a CHART that may be helpful:

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

Good Luck !!!
-Junkmanme-

I have ONE Game-hen who hasn't shown any interest in being broody....but the Buff Orpingtons were handling that job...so she hasn't had a need to pay attention to that. 

I've read here at BYC that some folks will separate a hen and put plastic eggs in a nest  to encourage broodiness. Maybe it works...I haven't had a need to try it.  That MIGHT be something to consider. 

GOOD LUCK !!!
-Junkmanme-

I had 6 Buff Orps.  2 I got as a rescue and 4 I bought from a breeder at 6 wks old.   In the year that I had them not one went broody.  Even though I had a RIR roo.   I still have 2 and they still havn't gone broody.  Just my bad luck.  Bob cat got 4 of them and the roo.  I ended up incubating and now have done 3 batches for a total of 37 chicks.  10, 7. & 3 wks old.

I have to broodies right now

Australorp: shes a very determained broody... awesome so far day 12

and I think (game hen/ brown leghorn, Cross)... Pretty good shes on day 2 and is starting to get the hang of it.

silkies, especially silkie crosses, cochins, cornish,and other meat breeds

I think they do better if two do it at a time. My Buff Op girls were dynamite, remove your arm off at the elbow fiesty if you wanted to look in their nest. I saw one hen, one time off the nest, otherwise they were as tight as ticks. And I peaked often.

Really after doing chicks with a broody, I don't think I will ever go back. That is fun, and very little work! mk