So I come back from a working vacation to find.......

[theoldchick]

Five Broody hens glaring at me! Five! What the heck am I going to do with 5 broody hens? All fuzzed up growling at me! Now I have two more doing the broody chuckle while they eat. All those extra nest boxes are coming in handy.

 

[kitten6566]

Do you want all those chicks or dont you? You should take a picture of them all glaring at you.

 

[theoldchick]

You know I got pictures.

No, I'm not hatching out any chicks. The pet sitter took the eggs per my instructions. I don't have the room for any more chickens!

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

Does the pet sitting still have 10 fingers?

My JG went broody about 10 days ago. First time for her and she's nearly 2 years old. She was the meanest broody imaginable. She would literally rear up and strike at me and bite me to get me to leave her alone. I think she has some viper in her. She was vicious. I couldn't believe it.

I always felt that broodiness was contagious.

 

[theoldchick]

Little Sister gave me a good pecking (wearing the hen saver), but she quieted down. Nobody was broody when I left. I was relieved thinking the pet sitter would have an easier job with no broody hens. Figures, huh?

 

[Kylling]

So...do you think that you're going to break their broodiness, or just let them sit? I just had two of my best motherly hens go broody on me. What was funny was that one of them had just literally had a chick a month or two ago. She seemed to have laid the egg, hatched it, kicked him out, and then went back to laying.

Either way...good luck with your broodies!

 

[theoldchick]

No, I won't try to break the broodies. I'll leave them be. Anybody want to borrow a broody?

 

[aoxa]

Wow their feathers are so shiny!

Max # of broodies I've had at once was FOUR and I have silkies! How do you manage to get so many? It's because you don't need them. You need to start hoping for broodies and wishing. That's when they will stop

 

[ChickenPeep]

Oh, broodys. You just gotta love them!
My RSL is broody right now and we're ordering some fertile eggs to hatch under her. If she goes un-broody, I might need one of your hens!

 

[aoxa]

Oh, broodys. You just gotta love them!
My RSL is broody right now and we're ordering some fertile eggs to hatch under her. If she goes un-broody, I might need one of your hens!

I am always surprised when I hear of breeds like this going broody. They are not supposed to at all! I had a RIR go broody, but she was an awful mother. If I were you, I would just pick up some test eggs from a farm. Less chance of ruining some really expensive eggs!