Natural breeding thread

Did you try or do you want to hatch with a broody?

  • I have experience with hatching with a broody

    Votes: 87 59.6%

  • I haven’t, but I might or have plans to do so

    Votes: 33 22.6%

  • I have had chicks with broodies multiple times and love to help others

    Votes: 35 24.0%

  • I have experience with hatching with an incubators

    Votes: 55 37.7%

  • I only bought chicks or chickens so far

    Votes: 19 13.0%
  • Total voters
    146
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This pair just started brooding. The hen is crippled. Knowing she would likely break her eggs, we put them in the incubator. The hen is sitting on dummy eggs. When the eggs hatch the chicks will be returned to the hen to be raised.
 
Khelton1 said:
What breeds of chickens yall using?
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I can’t keep a rooster and buy hatching eggs if I have a broody + want chicks.
Had several breeds, always bantams.
Next time I try to buy bantam speckled Sussex.
My Dutch are make good broody pairs and are great mothers. My bantam RiR was a good broody too , but lost interest in being a mother pretty fast.
 

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