I feel like I always have more broody hens than laying hens.:barnie Muscovies have to take the cake! If anyone wants to hatch eggs with a broody I highly recommend muscovies.
Woo! Found this thread again. I'm just posting to make sure I'm subscribed. :) hope everyone's well. My allergies are out of control this year. All birds are good though. Way too many Broody hens. The muscovies are the absolute worst. I know I should get them eggs or babies but we are at our...
My favorite egg layers that do well here are probably austrolorps. But that's partly because they're very friendly. Almost all my backyard girls are austrolorps.
Have you exposed your old birds to the new ones? I'm so sorry you bought sick birds. I would be pretty upset. There are very few people I would trust to buy birds from because of reasons like this. I wish you lots of luck in dealing with everything.