need help its driving me mad

[simeys chooks]

hi all , i have been into chickens for a few years now i have isa browns but they WONT go broody. im dying to get a broody hen so i can hatch some eggs . can some one please tell me the best hens to get that go broody al

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

The best breed is a silkie. They lay about 6 eggs and set!!!

After them, I guess the cochin. After that, I guess would be any heritage breed like Rhode Island Red, etc.

The ISA Browns started out as a sex link chicken developed for egg laying, not setting. The broody instinct may be bred out of the bloodlines you have. I found some interesting info on them. They breed true. They are a cross from a Rhode Island White and a Rhode Island Red, but when breed ISA to ISA, they produce ISA.

I have sex links that go broody, but not too often. I usually have around 5 out of a hundred that go broody. And those 5 pretty much stay broody.

Hope this helps you. I'm sure someone will post with more breeds that are broody types.

Jean

 

[silkiechicken]

Buff orps set well too when given the opportunity. Any production strain will probably not set but there are always exceptions... I have a sexlink that gets the broody bug once a year.

 

[simeys chooks]

cool ill try get some silkys .thanks heaps guys for your help

 

[Windy Ridge]

Silkies are definitely the best.

Here's a chart that gives good information about broodiness and other qualities of most chicken breeds.

 

[Hotwings]

Buff Orpingtons-Australorps are very good. The buffs will go broody and may stay broody all summer!

 

[Tuffoldhen]

My Buff Orpingtons and Light Brahmas are excellent to go Broody....

 

[simeys chooks]

thanks love this site everyone is so helpfull and friendly:cd

 

[FluffyChickenMama]

I have heard that silkie roos will set eggs.. Do they really??