EDIT: Please make sure you are reading this whole thing before replying because if you're just reading the title and then just saying breed names, it's quite annoying to me. Plus, I will just ignore you if you do this.
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I've decided to add Silkies this year to use as mother hens for future chicks/ducklings. Aside from Orpingtons, this is a breed I'm more use to as it was one of the breeds my family got started with years ago when I was 10. I'm going to be 25 this year so I've gained a lot of experience with different breeds that we've added throughout the years and I've gained a lot of feedback on here about breeds too.
I do know that a lot of breeds can still go broody but I'd rather stick with the breeds that almost always go broody.
We currently have a bantam hen named Mouse who is half Silkie and half Cochin and she's going to be 5 years old this year but has always gone broody every year. She actually co-raised our 2 current pullets last year during the summer with another hen.
I'm not currently going to add any Orpingtons to our flock as we've only gotten lucky with keeping our current hen alive longer than we usually do.
However, I do want to hear from experienced chicken owners what breed you think I should add for raising future chicks/ducklings.
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I've decided to add Silkies this year to use as mother hens for future chicks/ducklings. Aside from Orpingtons, this is a breed I'm more use to as it was one of the breeds my family got started with years ago when I was 10. I'm going to be 25 this year so I've gained a lot of experience with different breeds that we've added throughout the years and I've gained a lot of feedback on here about breeds too.
I do know that a lot of breeds can still go broody but I'd rather stick with the breeds that almost always go broody.
We currently have a bantam hen named Mouse who is half Silkie and half Cochin and she's going to be 5 years old this year but has always gone broody every year. She actually co-raised our 2 current pullets last year during the summer with another hen.
I'm not currently going to add any Orpingtons to our flock as we've only gotten lucky with keeping our current hen alive longer than we usually do.
However, I do want to hear from experienced chicken owners what breed you think I should add for raising future chicks/ducklings.
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