Barnevelder hen question.

[Cattle dog Mom]

For those that have the breed, do your hens tend to want to go broody or not. (Naturally half of the sites on the internet say they DO, and the other half says they generally are not broody.) So wanted to ask people with actual personal experience, rather than "google" where most sites are just repeating what they read on another site.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Out of the two I've owned neither have ever gone broody

 

[Egghead_Jr]

It depends on the source of birds. If hatchery then the odds of brooding are low.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

It depends on the source of birds. If hatchery then the odds of brooding are low.

I wouldn't go the hatchery route for anything myself. However, since so many people incubate rather than letting hens raise their chicks, I'm wondering if the odds of getting pullets/hens (even from a breeder) that want to be broody are low with this breed.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

It depends on the source of birds. If hatchery then the odds of brooding are low.

Both of mine came from a local breeder, but have never been broody, they've got a nice fluffy butt to raise babies though if they decided to!

 

[ColtHandorf]

Mine were rarely broody. Of course they rarely laid eggs either...

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

Both of mine came from a local breeder, but have never been broody, they've got a nice fluffy butt to raise babies though if they decided to!

Mind sharing who you got them from since i am also in WA?

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Mind sharing who you got them from since i am also in WA?

I believe it was Steve Suchy, although I'm not sure if he still breeds them ^^" it was about 5 years ago, he mainly does OEGB but he's around Battleground.

 

[Willawong Hill]

Mine have never been particularly broody