Should I attempt to sex my barnyard mixes?

[JacinLarkwell]

Do they really go broody that much? I thought it was just my hands-off approach to chickens.
I'd also read that they're still listed as 'medium' egg layers. I thought I saw somewhere 190 eggs/year.

Games are a great bird to have for broodies, right up there with Cochins and silkies

 

[ackie]

blahhhhh
maybe I do need to start over
idk
they're all so pretty though

 

[ackie]

basically I wanted a hardier, predator-adverse bird without being overly aggressive. I dont find any of mine to be aggressive, just skittish unless you work with them. and then still a little twitchy because that's hardwired. I have started getting medium white eggs from my pullets.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Do they really go broody that much? I thought it was just my hands-off approach to chickens.
I'd also read that they're still listed as 'medium' egg layers. I thought I saw somewhere 190 eggs/year.

I’ve never had a game hen lay anywhere close to 190 eggs a year. Don’t believe everything you read.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Games are a great bird to have for broodies, right up there with Cochins and silkies

Cochins and silkies don’t even come close to a game hen as broodies. They might be better than other layer breeds but they aren’t even in the same league.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Even if you don’t allow them to set on eggs they’ll just get pissed and sit on one egg.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Cochins and silkies don’t even come close to a game hen as broodies. They might be better than other layer breeds but they aren’t even in the same league.

That's what a lot of people that have then say, but I know a lot of people think broody and immediately come up with silkies and cochins. I've never had luck with silkies, so I imagine games are very similar yo my pheonixes

 

[ackie]

Even if you don’t allow them to set on eggs they’ll just get pissed and sit on one egg.

I dont know what you're talking about.
*steps in front of game hen and her single baby*

 

[roosterhavoc]

That's what a lot of people that have then say, but I know a lot of people think broody and immediately come up with silkies and cochins. I've never had luck with silkies, so I imagine games are very similar yo my pheonixes

I’ve had silkies and a few Cochins too. They both will set but not as often as game hens and will quit fairly often.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I dont know what you're talking about.
*steps in front of game hen and her single baby*

These fools will hatch eggs in the middle of winter. I had a hen last year hatch 2 chicks on Christmas Eve setting on the cold ground under a trash can.