Information on broody Buff Rocks

[blueberryboy]

Hello all, I just joined BYC today! I've had chickens for around 6 years but this is the first year that I've bought them as chicks and am trying to raise them myself. I currently have around 60 chicks growing up and around 20 of them are Buff Rocks. I recently learned that they are very broody hens (rookie mistake as I was not interested in broody hens and didn't catch that before I got them

) and was wondering for little more information on them. Few big questions are...

-If you are able to get them out of a broody mood once will they be out for ever?
-Does the amount of hens it is with increase/decrease the broodiness of the hen?
-If I constantly remove the eggs will they be less likely to sit on them?

If theres any other things you think i should know and what to add that'd be great! Thanks!

 

[sourland]

Broody hens tend to become broody repeatedly - I have had hens raise as many as 5 clutches in a year.

In my experience flock population has no impact on the occurrence of broodiness.

Some people feel that the presence of a clutch of eggs encourages broodiness. I am not certain that this is factual.

 

[blueberryboy]

Broody hens tend to become broody repeatedly - I have had hens raise as many as 5 clutches in a year.

In my experience flock population has no impact on the occurrence of broodiness.

Some people feel that the presence of a clutch of eggs encourages broodiness.  I am not certain that this is factual.

Is there anyway to try to prevent broodieness in them?

 

[drumstick diva]

No you can't stop them from going broody - you can do some things to "break" their broodiness but they will go broody again. If they do it often enough to annoy you, you should re-home them. Lots of folks welcome broodies with open arms. Much better than using an incubator.

You can check out articles on "Breaking broodies," put that in the search box.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - you have some great advice already so I'll just say hello!

All the best
CT

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!