Broody questions

[Zahboo]

Will my cochin go broody if I stop collecting her eggs? or do I have to wait for her to be broody?

Do I have to seperate a broody and her eggs/chicks.?

 

[WOT]

I have ten hens and get eight to ten eggs daily. I stopped collection wed a week ago. this sunday, eleven days later three broodies, two sharing a nest a third on a second nest. when they had so many eggs they begin to break them, I do believe it kicks starts them. I removed ninety one eggs, three broken eggs, for 94 0f 110 possible eggs, cleaned some lightly and have them spread under two barred rocks (shared a nest) and an EE hen. Good luck, I believe it can be done. This is my third attempt this way and it has worked every time for me.

 

[krstms]

I have only had one broody but I had to stop collecting eggs before she did it. She had about 12 eggs before she decided to brood.

 

[Zahboo]

Thanks. Do they have to be seperated? The rooster is a bit ambitious... And how many eggs can a cochin bantam cover do you think?

 

[ClutteredCounty]

My cochin painted herself to the nest and covered eight really well.