BREEDS THAT DON'T BROOD OR ARE MORE LIKELY THEN OTHERS TO NOT BROOD

[Peyts Chicks]

Hello:

I am looking for some suggestions for non broody chickens. I have two golden commets now and want to get two more different ones, but dont want any that go broody. I have been trying to do some research, but there is not alot our there.

any suggestions?
thanks
Dixey Chick

 

[silkiechicken]

Most sexlinks and hatchery strains of birds will tend not to brood because they are bred for production.

That said, if you want a non broody breed, a leghorn will fit that bill.

However, there are always exceptions. My best broody was a sexlink, and I've known a leghorn who hatched out a clutch of chicks.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

That's true. Just at the moment I have a commercially bred White Leghorn and an ISA Brown red sex-link that are both broody and determined about it. But generally speaking neither hardly ever do so.