Broody, Broody, who has a Broody

[dacjohns]

I have two broodies, a Buff Orpington (?) and a black banty. Will find out how successful the big girl is around the 16th and little girl around the 24th. The actual dates are in the coop where I keep track of how many eggs I get each day.

 

[chickenranchwife]

I have three broody Buff Orps and one broody barred rock. Most of them aren't setting on anything, but do have a buff setting on a clutch of duck eggs. She's gonna be so confused after they hatch. LOL She's not gonna want them to play in the water or anything.

 

[nightshade]

OKay this is my current broody, for a fizzle that is only the size of a coffee can she has 27 mixed eggs under her. Some bany some ee and alot I have no clue about lol. I will be thrilled if that tiny little girl hatches out even half of them. I just had tiny black hen hatch out 7 a few weeks ago, a cream one hatch a dozen and a pekin duck that was a great broody that now I don't know if she will ever go broody again after loosing most of her ducklings to a horrid rabbit.

Here is a question why is it always the smallest of hens that desides to be the momma and stuff a dozen or more eggs under herself and not the biggest hen in the house?

 

[GockeyEgg]

I've got three. All of them mixed hens. They are all sitting on eggs. Big Sexy my first time broody that was hatched here last summer is on 2 eggs(more mixes). The other 2 have 9 eggs between them. I would really like to get some eggs shipped to me of something pure bred that I don't have here. I am lucky? Those mixed hens are great broodies. I seem to have at least one(and usually a few more) sitting from now until they stop laying eggs for the winter.

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

I have two speckled sussex hens sitting in the same nest on 12 eggs. They will be mixed I hope it works out this year last year a snake got in and ate the eggs. Well be expecting fuzzy butts on the 21 of may

 

[yellowdragon]

I now have 3 seting on eggs and 2 more broody. and man they won't budge. stubor hens.

 

[tataharris]

2 of my domineckers are broody. I've only got them on 2 eggs each since this is their first time. We'll see how all goes with them. One of them is relatively calm, just a few ruffled feathers when I try to look under her. The other hen has a little more of a hormonal surge, I think. She's not too happy about me bothering her eggs.

 

[ginasmarans]

I have 1 hen with 6 chicks, 1 due to start hatching today,1 that I set this past Sunday and 1 that is clucking madly and acting like she is giving serious thoughts on the subject. All of them are cuckoo marans. I also have eggs in the bater with 2 pips.

 

[Just-Like-Hatching]

DW has one silkie on eggs.

 

[yellowdragon]

You know what. I have a cochin and she has never went broody. Aren't they supposed to be the broodiest.