My oldest buff orp hen is now 2 and she has never sat before, but I get about 8 eggs a day so if I don't collect every day...
Anyway DS8 has begged for us to hatch our own chicks(even though we have been getting chicks of breeds we want weekly in the brooder).
So I DID have a silky sit and hatch successfully, but I didnt even KNOW Buff Orp were a broody breed. I have 2 bantam roosters that have mixed luck with the big ladies, but I have seen some success.
So she is sitting on about 12 eggs. She is IN the favored nest box, so what will my others do? ARE buffs good mothers? She is NOT as broody as my silky and frizzles were, they would actually peck and attack if u tried to take the eggs, buffy just growls, but I COULD collect them if I was adamant, she doesnt peck at me.
TIA
Anyway DS8 has begged for us to hatch our own chicks(even though we have been getting chicks of breeds we want weekly in the brooder).
So I DID have a silky sit and hatch successfully, but I didnt even KNOW Buff Orp were a broody breed. I have 2 bantam roosters that have mixed luck with the big ladies, but I have seen some success.
So she is sitting on about 12 eggs. She is IN the favored nest box, so what will my others do? ARE buffs good mothers? She is NOT as broody as my silky and frizzles were, they would actually peck and attack if u tried to take the eggs, buffy just growls, but I COULD collect them if I was adamant, she doesnt peck at me.
TIA