I hope your mamma hen has amazing success with her littles!! How many chicks can a broody typically care for? (Having not had a broody experience, and still not received those broody vibes you sent - they're probably on a PO truck that got rerouted to Florida first!)
Yes, apparently the vibes are still at my place. My 15th broody started this week, a black bantam cochin. 15 is counting last year too, but 5th this year
Mocha was my first chocolate orp, with her sister Cocoa. She's a pretty big girl. I got eggs last summer and I hatched some in the bator, and she hatched some. 11 total. Cocoa went broody with about 4 days left, so they ended up sharing the raising responsibilities, but Mocha kinda took over after about a week. Cocoa got sick a couple months later and died. But anyway, the chicks from that hatch are the ones that laid the eggs Mocha was sitting on this time. They are much smaller girls, being from a different breeder. She was originally on 19 eggs, till I removed some a couple of times. But she now has 9 chicks, and she can handle that many. But I'd say 5-8 is best for most individual broodies. My OEGB girl is doing well with her 6 Seramas. Black Serama has a clutch due next week.
