Several broody Cream Legbars

[Estrella]

I have three, to each other unrelated Cream Legbar hens, who have all gone broody within the last 3-4 weeks. They are terrible mothers and abandon the eggs after 1-2 weeks, but still - this is not a breed that should go broody? And all three, not even from the same genetics? Anyone had this happen and had a Cream Legbar who successfullt raised chicks? My CL girls are very flightly and loud, not at all as pleasant as my orps and orp mixes, who don’t seem to scare easily.

 

[Sc_chickengirl]

I guess they weren't hatched by a broody when were they? I've found a lot of pullets hatched and raised by a hen will tend to go broody.

 

[Estrella]

I guess they weren't hatched by a broody when were they? I've found a lot of pullets hatched and raised by a hen will tend to go broody.

Nope, they were all hatched in incubators. I’ts puzzling.

 

[SamLockwood]

I have three, to each other unrelated Cream Legbar hens, who have all gone broody within the last 3-4 weeks. They are terrible mothers and abandon the eggs after 1-2 weeks, but still - this is not a breed that should go broody? And all three, not even from the same genetics? Anyone had this happen and had a Cream Legbar who successfullt raised chicks? My CL girls are very flightly and loud, not at all as pleasant as my orps and orp mixes, who don’t seem to scare easily.

Right now I have a cream legbar that's a very dedicated mother, she and two other hens formed a wierd sort of triple parenting arragememnt over some chicks and keets they hatched. Usually it's my Olive Eggers that go broody, but this year it's one of the legbars.

She not only takes care of her hatchlings, but she adopted some other chicks I hatched in the incubator and had moved to the outdoor brooder. The three of them go parading around with the 11 chicks and guinea keets, which are now 5-6 weeks old.

 

[Estrella]

I have three, to each other unrelated Cream Legbar hens, who have all gone broody within the last 3-4 weeks. They are terrible mothers and abandon the eggs after 1-2 weeks, but still - this is not a breed that should go broody? And all three, not even from the same genetics? Anyone had this happen and had a Cream Legbar who successfullt raised chicks? My CL girls are very flightly and loud, not at all as pleasant as my orps and orp mixes, who don’t seem to scare easily.

Haha that is such a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing; I have a few incubator hatchlings now, about 2 days old. I will try and introduce her to them in a controlled environment, thank you! So cute.

 

[LaFleche]

Parasites, rodents, snakes etc. can cause a broody to abandon the nest.
Even bullying flock mates can drive them out, so I would make sure the broody is dewormed and treated for external parasites, has a separate space where no other hens nor rodents, snakes etc have access and treat the ground around and the nest accordingly to prevent parasites from infesting the broody and her nest.

 

[Estrella]

Parasites, rodents, snakes etc. can cause a broody to abandon the nest.
Even bullying flock mates can drive them out, so I would make sure the broody is dewormed and treated for external parasites, has a separate space where no other hens nor rodents, snakes etc have access and treat the ground around and the nest accordingly to prevent parasites from infesting the broody and her nest.

Thank you, not even mice have acsess to the coop, and I’m in Sweden so we don’t have snakes, all we have are fox and hawk but my girls are netted in in a very large shrubbed area. One of them is vicious though, no one dares come near her, including us (without gloves). She seems to really want to be a mom, so I’ll try the babies with her tonight. My Olive Eggers on the other hand never go broody. It’s so strange how this works in different flocks.