Wanting Cochin Bantam to go broody

[SnackMeat]

Yeah, worst case her butt gets blow dried. Not the worst thing in the world.

 

[thecatumbrella]

I recently got a 6 month~ish bantam cochin. They said she was already laying. She had been in with a cochin roo. Got her sunday, she aborted a thin shelled egg on the roost monday or tuesday and laid a nice egg on thursday.
I want to see if mayyybe its fertile so i left it in the nest. Is it possible she will go broody if I leave her to it?

I had one go broody at 19 weeks, so it's possible. I think time of year has a lot to do with it. Whereabouts are you located? We're about to head into fall here, so I'm skeptical that we'll get anymore broodies. She needs to get comfortable in her new home and form an attachment to the nesting area. Enjoy her eggs in the meantime! My cochin bantams are fantastic layers for such a small bird.

 

[NewcoopNewpoop]

Im in Ky. I do have a sapphire gem that likes to go broody, she is still keeping her breasts plucked. In a fit of curiosity I have placed the cochins egg in her nesting box.
To answer the earlier question of why... i never knew how adorable cochins were . Im in love. The hen is so cuuuute! I want 10 more of them now.

 

[NewcoopNewpoop]

So none of the eggs were fertile. Probably for the best. But this morning I walked out to the sound of my younger non-laying cochin "screaming." I watched it for a while..
...
pretty sure its a cockrel.

 

[angc11]

So none of the eggs were fertile. Probably for the best. But this morning I walked out to the sound of my younger non-laying cochin "screaming." I watched it for a while..
...
pretty sure its a cockrel.

Got a picture of him?

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

So none of the eggs were fertile. Probably for the best. But this morning I walked out to the sound of my younger non-laying cochin "screaming." I watched it for a while..
...
pretty sure its a cockrel.

=/ my cockerel had the weirdest attempt at crowing
It was mildly comical because.... my flock was young, and had NEVER heard it before.
So they literally freaked out and ran inside the coop
My CCL pullet's head feathers stood up
Took a few days for them to tolerate the noise