Suggestions for a broody type bantam

[mrandmrschicken]

Can anyone suggest a good variety of bantam that will be broody? I want one that I can stick eggs under. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[Chickenaddict]

ohhh lord do i ever have experience in this. Cochins!!! Also dutch are good broodies, and i have heard silkies are great too

 

[Attack Chicken]

I've heard more about silkies

 

[Southernbelle]

Silkies are the ultimate brooders and excellent mothers! Mine are only 7 months old right now and I have 4 that are broody. The first broody was only 5 months old when she started. They sit until something hatches - I haven't been able to outwit or outlast them yet. I never thought I'd be hatching chicks this time of year.

 

[gumpsgirl]

Silkies! Silkies! Silkies! People that live around here are always looking for Silkies because of their broodiness.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

At any given time i have one third to half my flock of silkies in broody mode. i have had silkies lay their first egg then go broody. i have a couple hens that are broody 90 percent of the time. If i wanted, i could be hatching dozens of eggs on a continual basis. Can not imagine any other breed more broody than these.

 

[Frizzledhen]

I agree, Silkies are probably top of the list but I love my banty cochins and they are pretty good at going broody and great moms.
Silkies are broody all the time because they can't see to do anything else.

 

[Guitartists]

Silkies!! I NEED more Silkies!!!! mine both turned out to be ROOS!

 

[Pumpkinpup]

Silkies and cochins both are super broody but then, a majority of the bantam breeds are very broody anyway from my experiences in the past.

 

[Shared Acres]

Silkies are renowned for it.

Right now, I have NO roosters and my one adult hen has gone broody on nothing for 3 weeks and I can't get her to stop!