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[QueenMisha]

Welcome to BYC! It's great to have you.

 

[rebrascora]

Hi Elly

Welcome to BYC

I also have bantam pekins (lavender, porcelain and mottled) and have had several go broody this summer. If your hen is just young (especially if she has just started laying) it may take a few months yet before she goes broody. It may also be that your climate affects the likelihood of broodiness.... Obviously it is different here in the UK when hens are very unlikely to want to raise chicks in the winter when it is cold, but perhaps you have a particularly hot or dry season when hens are less likely to go broody?.. @CTKen should be able to advise you on that.

I would not leave the eggs in the nest as I'm not convinced it makes them any more likely to go broody and you are best removing them and dating them and then eating the ones that get to 14 days as they are less likely to be viable for hatching once they get past that.

What colour pekins do you have?

Regards

Barbara

 

[CuzChickens]

Hello there, and welcome to Backyard chickens! I hope you have found BYC to be a helpful and informative site. How did the broody go?