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I love my barred rock girls. One of them went broody just before her first birthday and hatched out 8 silkies for me. She hasn't gone broody again, though. Mine are friendly, though, and cute as they can be!
I have bantam cochins that I can't keep out of the nest boxes. They'll lay eggs for about a month or so, but then they're back to wanting to hatch babies. I've heard standard cochins are great broodies too, and they'd make a nice dual-purpose bird.
The one dual-purpose bird I've kept that was my best broody was a turken. I had two that kept going broody, and together they hatched out two nests of eggs. They were wonderful, and I think they're darling!