Broody hens?

[Me & Jack]

I'd say you Leghorns are very unlikely to go broody, although someone on another forum just posted about their own broody Leghorn, so you never know. The RIR is also probably not going to go broody -- they have had it bred out of them. I think, if memory serves me well, the NH is the most likely to go broody of all your hens. Just not sure what the probabilities are.

If you really want to have a broody hen you should try Silkies -- they can be broody to a fault. Also, a lot of folks love their broody Cochins and a little less so their Orpingtons. There are others, but I've never raised them so not sure.

 

[LaurenV]

I will try and get some pictures in when I find my cable... so if it is an Easteregger... they AREN'T good to go broody???

 

[LaurenV]

Thank you!

Do you know how to tell a Rhode Island Red and a New Hampshire?? I think my RIR is a New Hampshire?? Do you know how to tell the difference??

 

[abbylane35]

My EE was the first of all of my hens to go broody...and she hatched chicks no problem! I agree with some others, breed plays into it, but it is up to the individual hen...

Good luck!

 

[LaurenV]

Thankyou! I have an incubator going with about 12 eggs in it... I just hope that works out if one of my hens don't work out...

 

[KWAK]

It really depends on the hen, I have had some leghorns that will never go broody and then some that wont stop going broody, really every breed I have ever owned has been like that.

 

[LaurenV]

Thanks!

 

[crankster76]

if u got a rir its doubtfull she will ever go broody.

 

[LaurenV]

Do you know how to tell a rir from a nh... My dad thinks that it is a nh but I still think that it is a rir... Thanks

 

[kari_dawn]

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NH are slightly more orange, and less red...but with hatchery stock, RIRs have lost alot of their dark mahogany color...again, posting a picture would help us alot lol

My friend has new hampshires, and they go broody very consistantly. They are hatchery birds.