I’m looking at adding to my flock and one of my main goals is to add some breeds that will go broody. I am not interested in either Cochins or Silkies.
Breeds I've had that went broody:
--2x Red Shouldered White Yokohamas from McMurray hatchery
--Dark Cornish (standard size) from McMurray hatchery
--White Laced Red Cornish (standard size) from Ideal Poultry
--White Laced Red Cornish Bantam from Ideal Poultry
--Spangled Cornish Bantam from Ideal Poultry
--Wheaten Old English Game Bantam (OEGB) from Ideal Poultry
--Red Quill Old English Game Bantam from Ideal Poultry
--Millie Fleur Old English Game Bantam from Ideal Poultry
--Black Tailed Buff Japanese Bantam from Ideal Poultry
--Indian Red Jungle Fowl from Ideal Poultry
--Buff Chantecler from Ideal Poultry
There may have been a few more, but those are the ones I can easily remember.
Ideal has dropped a few of the bantam breeds from their list since I bought those.
Some I broke their broodiness, others I allowed to set on fake eggs and then got them to adopt & raise chicks for me (I didn't have a rooster at the time, so no fertile eggs.)
My list has no feathered feet, and no crested heads, but is heavy on pea comb breeds (good in cold weather). I don't know how they'll do with your level of heat, but they did fine in northern Virginia, hanging out in the shade under some trees during the summer.
I cannot say how likely it is for other hens of those breeds to go broody, just that one or more per breed did for me, and I had no more than 3 of any kind.
