Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do. 
Mablethechicken
Songster
It’s been awhile since I’ve needed help with this but I always get great insight when I ask so here’s what we’re looking at….
I have an EE/SF cross rooster. So all of my chicks have a little EE in their genetics. Recently my broody Marans hen (none of the eggs were hers) hatched 5 chicks. 2 from EE eggs, 1 from a cream legbar egg, and 2 from Plymouth Rock eggs. They are about 8 weeks old and easy to tell which breeds are which at this point. I believe they are all pullets except for 1 of the EEs. He/She had those tell take reddish brown feathers come in on the wings pretty early on and it has always been larger than the others. I know red feathers doesn’t always mean cockerel because pattern plays a big part. Comb isn’t super red yet but I know it’s still early. No noticeable hackle or saddle feathers yet. What I am most concerned about is the ends of the tail feathers look curlier at the ends than all of the babies which have more blunt tail feathers. Thoughts?
I have an EE/SF cross rooster. So all of my chicks have a little EE in their genetics. Recently my broody Marans hen (none of the eggs were hers) hatched 5 chicks. 2 from EE eggs, 1 from a cream legbar egg, and 2 from Plymouth Rock eggs. They are about 8 weeks old and easy to tell which breeds are which at this point. I believe they are all pullets except for 1 of the EEs. He/She had those tell take reddish brown feathers come in on the wings pretty early on and it has always been larger than the others. I know red feathers doesn’t always mean cockerel because pattern plays a big part. Comb isn’t super red yet but I know it’s still early. No noticeable hackle or saddle feathers yet. What I am most concerned about is the ends of the tail feathers look curlier at the ends than all of the babies which have more blunt tail feathers. Thoughts?
