Reviews by R1V3R20NG

i have done broody hens before and we have only ever managed to hatch two chicks. We set up an area that Rosa accepts as her own personal brooding zone. We can’t get Marsha to brood in there, and we have to lock Toffee inside so she doesn’t go back to the other nests when she takes a break. We have three roosters so just about all the eggs are fertile, except maybe Lucy’s... she’ll beat up a roo if he tries anything. Rosa hatched two chicks about two or three months in between each other so the oldest hates her for leaving her at a young age and so they fight a lot. Rosa is a bantam and the chicks she is hatching are not so she thought she was old enough once she was as big as her. Now I get that. I didn’t understand why she went broody so quickly after she left Ziggy but now I do. Thanks. She’s also a Cochin sooooooooo.....
Toffee has a habit of going broody for 7 months at a time and almost killed herself since she gets up every few days. We try to break her but it never seems to work. We just have to let her go. Any tips on that one?

The article is great, but I wouldn’t put EEs on the list. They are only friendly until they 3 months old. After that they’d want nothing to do with me (other than food) and run and fight me when I’m holding them. I’d swap out their position with polish. My little polish hen still follows me everywhere. Other than that, I love all the info with all of the breeds you put up.