Broodies

[orpington123]

Will my sussex hens get broody

 

[Spartan22]

Depends on individual hens, my two Sussex 1 & 2 year olds never went broody yet. One of my leghorn that was Not supposed to go broody went broody on me. One of my 6 month old Australorps went broody after her first month of laying.
You just can never tell, now I want one of them to go broody since I have clutches of fertilized eggs, non went broody so far, reason I bought an incubator.

 

[Jetblack2004]

Yes, it's quite likely. We have a flock of Light Sussex hens and they have gone broody numerous times. They are also very good mothers, in my experience!

She won't go broody until she's older, though.

 

[VeggieGoneEggie]

For what it's worth, of all my 1 yr olds (my first flock!), the first one to go broody (currently broody now) is my speckled sussex.

 

[orpington123]

Depends on individual hens, my two Sussex 1 & 2 year olds never went broody yet. One of my leghorn that was Not supposed to go broody went broody on me. One of my 6 month old Australorps went broody after her first month of laying.
You just can never tell, now I want one of them to go broody since I have clutches of fertilized eggs, non went broody so far, reason I bought an incubator.

Thanks