Any possibility Polish or Black Star will go broody?

[Kirkland]

One of our three "pullets" grew up to be a rooster. He was a very, very late bloomer. Didn't make a peep until over 5 months old and now he is a-doodling away.

Any way, we would like to take advantage of our accidental rooster and go for chicks, but our hens are a Polish and a Black Star neither of which are supposedly good sitters. Anyone have any experience getting either breed to sit? Any hints for success?

We can go the incubator route, but we thought we'd give the girls a chance first.

Thanks!

 

[chickn]

my polish hatched out chicks, once

 

[jthayerkatz]

I don't know about the black star, I know nothing about the breed. I do have a white crested polish that is not a reliable layer, she is going through a molt right now and not laying at all, and the breed in general does not go broody. Ours has never gone broody and we have had her for over a year. we did hatch out babies from her and our RIR roo in an incubator though. Some hens/pullets will go broody despite what the norm is for the breed, so don't give up hope

 

[farmin'chick]

I had a white crested black polish go broody this year. She didn't finish her "sit".

 

[tamsflock]

I had 2 silver laced polish go broody and hatch them out but they were a year and a half had no interest the first year but maybe seeing the silkies and cochins they decided to join the broody fun!!
I have wcb and wcbl now going to be a year and no signs of wanting to set..

 

[Lolliegee]

I don't know if this is helpful or not, but if Black Stars are similar to Red Stars (I think they are), I got a broody Red Star. She's young too...only born in February. Hope that helps.

 

[HBuehler]

Any chicken can go broody..some breeds it's just not very common. We have a leghorn that lives to raise chicks..literally. She never lays an egg because she's so obsessed with chicks being under her wings.

Leghorns are considered non sitters of the highest degree.
She can't read the book that says they don't sit but she can count her chickens

 

[Kirkland]

Thanks for the examples and well wishes! She has been busy moving the eggs back out of the nesting box where I moved them into what she has decided is her nest. That should be a good sign, right? There are only 5 eggs so far including 2 golf balls.

My roo is probably 6 months. If we have seen him with her several times can we assume he is fully mature?

 

[tamsflock]

Thats a good sign...