My polish hen is broody.... ETA pics

[txchickie]

She crammed herself in the nestbox with my other broody japanese banty hen and has been sitting with her for nearly 24 hours now

I thought polish were non-sitters?

Good thing for her, the chicks are due to hatch Monday

she got out eeaassy

Only takes her 4 days to hatch chicks LOL!

Here's the 2 silly girls...

 

[promiselandfarm5]

At what age did your Polish start laying? How old is she now? I read somewhere that some breeds that are non-sitters will go broody if they are a couple years old.

 

[txchickie]

She's 27 weeks old and has only been laying for about 3-4 weeks.

 

[promiselandfarm5]

Well I guess you are just (un)lucky. I hope my Polish will go broody. Well I know my daughter hopes so since they are really hers. Our Polish pullets are 30+ wks old and still no eggs

Do you think the banty chicken will share the babies?

 

[stephys_fluffybutts]

Is she the youngest?

When I got my little banty hen she would always sit in the basket with the older one.
My 5 year old occasionally goes broody but it only lasts for a day.. She got tired of it fast
Polish rarely go broodyand most of the time not at all

If people werent around to hatch them then they would be extinct lol
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[ThePolishPrincess]

Polish are usually non-setters but every once in a while, one will want to be a Mommy.

 

[sloallie10]

Pictures?!??!

 

[txchickie]

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U got it

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

She looks like just the silliest thing. I've always liked the look of a Polish setting to lay an egg but to find one broody? A friend of my father's has some birds and her GL Polish hen went broody. I walked right up to the thing and she didn't even have to look at me-as if I could even see her eyes! She growled so much in dismay to my presence, her banter made me keep my distance right away. What I'd give to have a broody Polish...

 

[Happy Chooks]

She was jealous.