Broodiness induced, or just a coincidence?

[CarlaRiggs]

Well... I'm afraid having a permanent rooster is out of the question.
My hens are actually illegal, but the neighbors seem to think it's pretty cool to have them nearby. They enjoy the chicken noises, and sometimes fresh eggs, coming from our backyard. I wouldn't want to push things with a crowing rooster. I'll have to try the phony eggs. I've been hoping for three years that one of the girls would just go broody, but no go.
Thanks for the encouragement!

 

[Frost Homestead]

I have been thinking about this quite a bit lately. Last time I wormed my birds within a day or two thy started going broody. I don't know if the wormer had something to do with it or if it's contagious but 4 of my 12 hens went broody, all of them pullets. I do have ceramic eggs in the nesting boxes but it's never encouraged them to be broody.

 

[Breshcandra]

I got silkies because they do go broody even when they are hatchery stock. If you got your chickens from a hatchery or a co-op they may not go broody as the broodynes got bred out of them.

 

[mommissan]

I got silkies because they do go broody even when they are hatchery stock. If you got your chickens from a hatchery or a co-op they may not go broody as the broodynes got bred out of them.

True. My entire flock came from a local farm. He did incubate a few, but there were chicks of all ages everywhere. Also, there many silkie mutts all over. You can bet I'll try this again in a few months to see if it happens again. Oh what will DH say?...........