LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

They'd have hatched out their eggs by the time they got to you

Doesn't matter those bébés will become broody one day too

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ehh... possiblly.depemds on who their paternal grandmother is

Doesn't matter those bébés will become broody one day too

 

[fluffycrow]

Ehh... possiblly.depemds on who their paternal grandmother is

Really? Please do tell

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Really? Please do tell

Yep. Kinda like milking quality in goats. Some of it is the mother, but a lot is also the mother of the father. So if the dad and his mom are like, Leghorns, then even if the mother is a silkie or cochin, it's not as guaranteed for broodiness.

I theorize hatching from a broody helps when they do have the instincts, based off of my flocks, but it doesn't seem to directly correlate to the chicks themselves growing up to be broody.

 

[fluffycrow]

Interesting. Have you noticed it being a learnt behavior at all? Like say a silkie hatches 12 leghorn chicks, and at the same time 12 leghorns hatch in your incubator. Did some of those leghorns that were raised by the silkie go broody or was there a 0% rate

 

[allosaurusrock]

Hi I’m totally inactive on this site (I just use Facebook for local Serama stuff so not a whole lot here for me anymore) but wow it is so cool that the thread I made so long ago is still going.

 

[allosaurusrock]

Also, adding on to the conversation-

I’m not sure that if being raised by a broody effects how broody the offspring are, as my Seramas just go broody anyway, but I definitely notice that broody raised birds are actually calmer and easier to make accustomed to handling as an adult. They make better show birds for me, and are also less likely to fight with other chickens. They seem to have better social skills.
This is totally my own experiences and not backed by science at all so take it with a grain of salt

 

[fluffycrow]

Hi I’m totally inactive on this site (I just use Facebook for local Serama stuff so not a whole lot here for me anymore) but wow it is so cool that the thread I made so long ago is still going.

Yup! thank you for creating the thread originally, it's definitely a fun place! Is there a way you could maybe change the name to add more letters so that it is more inclusive?

 

[fluffycrow]

Also, adding on to the conversation-

I’m not sure that if being raised by a broody effects how broody the offspring are, as my Seramas just go broody anyway, but I definitely notice that broody raised birds are actually calmer and easier to make accustomed to handling as an adult. They make better show birds for me, and are also less likely to fight with other chickens. They seem to have better social skills.
This is totally my own experiences and not backed by science at all so take it with a grain of salt

How many LF eggs can a serama efficiently brood, based on your experience?

 

[allosaurusrock]

Yup! thank you for creating the thread originally, it's definitely a fun place! Is there a way you could maybe change the name to add more letters so that it is more inclusive?

Oh hmmm. I can see? I’ve never done that before, if someone else knows how please let me know.