Are my hens breeder material?

[roberto487]

I bought my hens when they were chicks from the local livestock/food place. I have 3 RIR, 1 plymouth rock, 1 ameracauna, 1 comet. They have been laying since last November but they have not gone broody yet. I instroduced a rooster 3 weeks ago and they mate. Do you think their maternal instinct has been breed out, through repeated artificial hatching and brooding?

 

[BarredBuff]

Broodiness could have been bred out them.But I have Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks they are hatchery stock etc. Right now I have a broody BR incubating eggs in the bushes somewhere. So what I have figured out is that we may think wont brood but if they get the notion they will no matter what breed.

Just my 2 cents.