I knew it! lol Animals are definitely god at doing things in the most inconvenient times!The best answer I can give to the "when will they go broody" question is this...
They'll go broody at the most inconvenient times (like, in the dead of winter or a week after you hatch chicks in the bator)
There doesn't seem to be a magic number or special recipe for broodiness. Those hormones kick in and they just do what they do. Who knows, maybe the planets align or they get a message beamed down from the mother ship.
If you can figure out how to make a hen go broody when you want, I'd like to know that secret
That's supposed to say *good lol
I can attest to "the dead of winter" decision to go broody.... I mean, really, my little silkie hen, what are you thinking...?The best answer I can give to the "when will they go broody" question is this...
They'll go broody at the most inconvenient times (like, in the dead of winter or a week after you hatch chicks in the bator)
There doesn't seem to be a magic number or special recipe for broodiness. Those hormones kick in and they just do what they do. Who knows, maybe the planets align or they get a message beamed down from the mother ship.
If you can figure out how to make a hen go broody when you want, I'd like to know that secret
I have two Barred Rocks who just hatched a brood each and one more on the nest sitting. So, depending on the breeding stock, they may work for you. The two that have chicks are great first-time mothers. BTW, they are 15 months old.
Is momma hen a dark cornish???
Chick's first day out. They (6) are one week old today.
