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Haha, yeah, I love my Cochin bantams a lot, they are in my top 3 favorite breeds, but if you don't want or can't handle broodies where you are, they are probably not the right breed for you. They have just the right amount of sweetness and sassiness that makes them so adorable and endearing...

I was that way with Orpingtons for a long time as well, but then once you have a Silkie or Cochin bantam in you flock, nothing else seems all that broody by comparison. 🤣 Two of my Cochin girls literally were in the broody buster for 3 months over the summer, with about a week's break somewhere...

Which hatchery are you going through? My one Orp hen was a Lavender from Meyer and she was one of my favorite birds. The biggest bird in my main flock, yet the most gentle soul. She loved sitting in laps, but when more than one lap was available, she would sit between instead of on someone so...

Orpingtons as a breed generally are more broody than other common breeds, but my experience (granted with just one hen) was that they aren't so broody that you'd have to break them terribly often, certainly not all summer long, at least if you're going through a hatchery to get them. I've heard...