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I have three Brahma girls who are born mothers. It's almost like they look for a reason to become broody. I have others that never go broody. Frack, for instance, was broody just once in ten years. Daffy, who's around five years old, has abandoned her chicks early to sit on some eggs she found once.
Though she's only been laying less than a month, it's possible, surely. One of my original Buff Orpington hens went broody for the first time at that point. I didn't have a rooster then, so no eggs were fertile, but I know it's entirely possible that Bonnie is truly broody. Now, what the heck to give her if she is? Or do I try to break her? I really am a bit frazzled right now so not the best time. But, if I give her eggs, I don't want her to get to the end and have nothing to show for it.
My EE hen, Maretta, was clucking for a couple of weeks, then just quit, thankfully.
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