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RooJi said:
Quote: They do. They are considered a bit better than just average in broodiness. Not all of them go broody, but if you have few Aussies, you are bound to get one broody in the bunch. I have one that is very determined. There is no breaking her of her broodiness. Once she gets going, she doesn't stop until her hormones tell her to stop. :)
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TwoCrows said:
They do. They are considered a bit better than just average in broodiness. Not all of them go broody, but if you have few Aussies, you are bound to get one broody in the bunch. I have one that is very determined. There is no breaking her of her broodiness. Once she gets going, she doesn't stop until her hormones tell her to stop. :)
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Ok cool! Does being broody effect their egg production?
How many eggs does your aussie lay?
 
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RooJi said:
Ok cool! Does being broody effect their egg production?
How many eggs does your aussie lay?
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Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Black Australorps are my favorite standard breed. I've raised them for years and they are extremely hardy, calm and gentle (my children, and now my granddaughter, made lap pets of ours), and excellent layers of large, brown eggs. My Australorp hens typically give me five eggs (occasionally six) per week per hen. My BAs don't go broody often, but when they do, it definitely affects their egg production. Hens of all breeds stop laying when they go broody. Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.
 
Michael OShay said:
Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Black Australorps are my favorite standard breed. I've raised them for years and they are extremely hardy, calm and gentle (my children, and now my granddaughter, made lap pets of ours), and excellent layers of large, brown eggs. My Australorp hens typically give me five eggs (occasionally six) per week per hen. My BAs don't go broody often, but when they do, it definitely affects their egg production. Hens of all breeds stop laying when they go broody. Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.
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So do you recommend having a designated broody that is not meant for egg production?
 
RooJi said:
So do you recommend having a designated broody that is not meant for egg production?
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If you don't want to use an incubator, Silkies are the very best brooders and mothers. My raised several broods for us. The only drawback to Silkies is that because they are bantams, they can take a beating from standard sized birds, so we ended up keeping them in a separate coop/run and just moving the standard sized eggs into the Silkies' nest boxes. If you want a standard sized breed for hatching eggs, Cochins are probably the broodiest. Our Buff Cochins raised several broods for us.
 
Welcome to BYC. I hope the newbies and your rooster are getting along fine. Buff orps and even tiny seramas go broody from time to time. Of course the smaller birds cannot cover as many eggs.
 
Ok thank you!! I definitely want to natural incubation but I just want to make sure the unhatched chicks are getting the motherly care they need!!
Is there anyway to isolate a roosters breeding time to one certain time of year?
I want with all my heart to keep my rooster but i just dont know if im up to eating fertilized eggs, its a moral thing for me and i dont really know how i or my family feels, so i wanted to see if there was a solution?
Thanks again for your support!!
 
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