Is It Possible? (Black Sex Link)

[KikiDeAnime]

Is it possible for a sex link to go broody?
I read that most breeds/mixed breeds have gotten that bred out of them over the years.

1 of our 2 Black Sex Links is acting a bit broody but not completely sure she's going broody yet. She's 1 year old and will be 2 in spring.
I'm not against letting her be broody, I just want to know if it's possible.


Huge thanks in advance!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Yes it's possible.

 

[DobieLover]

It's possible for any hen to go broody. Just less likely is certain breeds than others.

 

[lilmillefleur]

Any hen can go broody, it's just that some of them are more likely to.
I would make sure she isn't egg bound just in case, especially if she seems unwell.
When we were still chicken newbies we had a young leghorn go 'broody' but then it died. Looking back I am POSITIVE it was an egg issue. Poor thing

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Any hen can go broody, it's just that some of them are more likely to.
I would make sure she isn't egg bound just in case, especially if she seems unwell.
When we were still chicken newbies we had a young leghorn go 'broody' but then it died. Looking back I am POSITIVE it was an egg issue. Poor thing

She been checked already to see if it's an egg issue but it's not. She's just been making the noise that broodies make and been fluffing up her feathers. She attempted to peck me before I covered her eyes to take the fresh eggs from underneath her. She only has a dud egg under her.

 

[Naser]

I have two black sex link, they get broody so often, same for columbian blacktail, saying that I had a black sex link for four or five years, never got broody.

 

[aart]

Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, doesn't she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck sound on her way back to the nest?
If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, doesn't she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck sound on her way back to the nest?
If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.

I've had to deal with broodies before, she's just acting way different than them.
She keeps kicking the others out and sits for most of the day. She walks around making the broody noise and puffing up at the others but doesn't attack them if they get in her way like our other broodies have. The weird thing is, whenever I go to grab the eggs she'll jump out then jump back in really fast then repeat that 2 times before I leave the chicken yard. As soon as I'm out and walking back to the house, she'll go back in and I won't see her out until around dinner time(dinner for us, bedtime for them). She'll mostly stay in the coop until dark then jump out and roost on the coop for an hour before shoving her way back in. Any reasons on why she's being weird?

 

[Kessel23]

I have 2 RSL hens and both of them went broody this year. Any breed can go broody.

 

[aart]

I've had to deal with broodies before, she's just acting way different than them.
She keeps kicking the others out and sits for most of the day. She walks around making the broody noise and puffing up at the others but doesn't attack them if they get in her way like our other broodies have. The weird thing is, whenever I go to grab the eggs she'll jump out then jump back in really fast then repeat that 2 times before I leave the chicken yard. As soon as I'm out and walking back to the house, she'll go back in and I won't see her out until around dinner time(dinner for us, bedtime for them). She'll mostly stay in the coop until dark then jump out and roost on the coop for an hour before shoving her way back in. Any reasons on why she's being weird?

She does sound confused....may be thinking of going broody but not quite ready yet?
Is she molting?
Has she ever hatched or been broken before?