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I thought it was just me. I don't use an incubator but when my girls are broody, I place the LARGEST eggs picked under my broody girls. The big eggs cannot be sold or eaten.
Julie,.. you seem to have broodies so often,.. we just hatched some BO's hoping for a good broody hen,.. which of your flock to you find make the best broodies,. which go broody most often?
I would give up these incubators if I could!!!!!
My banty girls are the best broody hens. They go broody at least three times a year. When they do, I place about 6 - 8 (LARGE) eggs under all of them. It just depends on if it's closer to the end of the year and I don't need or want any more chicks or if I have a special order for a certain breed. I'll let my girls incubate whatever eggs I need. I started off with 2 girls of this breed and I bred 2 more, so now I have 4. They are all broody right now and all are sitting on 8 eggs each. The go broody days after each other. They are the most calm, most friendly girls you would ever want to have. When I go in to change their water and put fresh food and change their bedding, they do not make any noises. They never fuss. I give them a few rubs and they just sit there. They are the best moms when the babies are hatched. They allow their babies to stay with them for as long as the chicks want to. They never kick the chicks away. Here is a pic of one of the from last year. She hatched 8 chicks. All of the girls look exactly like this one. A lot of people say that silkies make the best broody hens. I have never had a silkie, so I don't know. I just know from all of my years of having chickens. These girls have hatched at least 90% of all of my standard breeds. They have a 98.9999999% success hatch rate.
I thought it was just me. I don't use an incubator but when my girls are broody, I place the LARGEST eggs picked under my broody girls. The big eggs cannot be sold or eaten.
Julie,.. you seem to have broodies so often,.. we just hatched some BO's hoping for a good broody hen,.. which of your flock to you find make the best broodies,. which go broody most often?
I would give up these incubators if I could!!!!!
My banty girls are the best broody hens. They go broody at least three times a year. When they do, I place about 6 - 8 (LARGE) eggs under all of them. It just depends on if it's closer to the end of the year and I don't need or want any more chicks or if I have a special order for a certain breed. I'll let my girls incubate whatever eggs I need. I started off with 2 girls of this breed and I bred 2 more, so now I have 4. They are all broody right now and all are sitting on 8 eggs each. The go broody days after each other. They are the most calm, most friendly girls you would ever want to have. When I go in to change their water and put fresh food and change their bedding, they do not make any noises. They never fuss. I give them a few rubs and they just sit there. They are the best moms when the babies are hatched. They allow their babies to stay with them for as long as the chicks want to. They never kick the chicks away. Here is a pic of one of the from last year. She hatched 8 chicks. All of the girls look exactly like this one. A lot of people say that silkies make the best broody hens. I have never had a silkie, so I don't know. I just know from all of my years of having chickens. These girls have hatched at least 90% of all of my standard breeds. They have a 98.9999999% success hatch rate.
