Broody Breeds?

[SallyF]

I have an EE mutt hen who dependably goes broody around the beginning of May and then again in mid-August. She's doen this for about three or four years now. Don't know what I'll do without her when her time comes, because none of my other hens seems willing to follow in her footsteps.

 

[NewToFarming]

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You' be surprised, I've heard that some standard bred Leghorns go broody somewhat often. Depends on the strain.

Yep, I have a brown leghorn that is keeping up with the silkies. She is on her 2nd tour of duty this season and made a great mother! But my goodness silkies go broody all the time. Mine go broody again as soon as they raise their clutch but this one leghorn girl seems to be doing the same!

 

[cmitchell]

I have 15 light brahma hens, almost 1 1/2 yrs old, I've only had 1 go broody and she hatched all 10 eggs I put under her. Also had a barred rock hen that hatched 3. In the year and a half that I've had chickens those are the only 2 that went broody.

 

[Zaxby's2]

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You see, broodiness is an instinct to hatch out eggs, and is usually triggered by a nest full of eggs in a dark, safe looking place. Since chickens can't tell the difference between eggs and other round things, many people put out golf balls in the nests to encourage broodiness. When I tried to encourage my hens to go broody, I put 14 golf balls out in a nest, and when that didn't work, I tried real eggs. I realized that I was wasting eggs though, so I got 14 Easter eggs, painted them brown, and put them in the nest. With in a week my buff orpington hen was broody.

I moved her to a place of her own where she could raise her chicks and left her with five Easter eggs(chickens can't count, so it didn't matter how many she had). Since some hens can just quit being broody, I waited a week to see if she'd stop. When she didn't, I gave her six real eggs, and she hatched out four.

I would advise you use easter eggs for encouraging her to sit, for as you can see it worked for me. About your question, yes, that would probably trigger her broodiness within a week or two. Good luck!