how often do buff orpingtons go broody

[Pinky]

I have one BO that acts broody all through summer!

She'll come off the nest when I go out with food and treats and will stay out as long as I am there, but when I go out, she runs back to the nest. I think she's scared of the rooster

My other two BOs only went broody once and gave up.

 

[lowry075]

Mine has been broody for about three weeks. It sucks becuase she has no eggs, I have to force her to leave the enclosure to eat, and get exercise. IDK what to do with her. I work during the day, so my options are limited. I only have one enclosure. Good luck with yours.

 

[Domestic_goddess]

I have 3 BO's that are driving me BONKERS!!! Seems like one of them is always broody...I have one right now and I'm going to stick a few eggs under her tomorrow. Seems like the older they get, the more broody they get! It's annoying sometimes, cause they will stop laying while broody too! I will not be getting anymore I can't tell you how many times I've had to break them of the brood.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

I have 2 of the original 6 left. They are a year old now and only one went on a mini brood. Lasted an afternoon. So far thats been it.

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

One of my hens is a Buff Orpington. She was about 7 months old when she went broody for the first time. I wanted eggs, so I tried to break her, which took 2 weeks. She just went broody again, at the ripe age of 13 months. Now I hope she hatches out the eggs I put under her.

Update: Lost the first clutch of eggs, probably to a snake. Moved her to a cage up off the ground and gave her a ladder of her very own. Now I 'm trying to get everybody used to the routine, with mixed results.

 

[racuda]

I have a 9 month old BO that went broody today. I hope it lasts. I was wondering who could sit on the peafowl eggs I've been wanting to get.

 

[luvchicks8]

Mine 2 years old have never gone broody

 

[859007]

some chickens dont even go broody there whole life if i were you i think you should get an incubator

 

[Johnn]

I had 2 BO's, 3 now (one is a chick raised by a BO) she was 2 when she went broody and im hoping she will go broody again this year. She was a great mother, she struggled to cover 12 LF eggs i think its because her nest was small so she struggled to spread out. I took 2 eggs away and she happily at on 10

 

[4H gal]

I do not know how offten they go broody, but I have herd they make great mothers.