What would be the best breed to get JUST for broodieness?

[KinderKorner]

My light brahma's were the best broodies I've owned.

 

[DANNY]

COCHINS, WYANDOTTES , AMERICAUNAS AND MUTTS ALL MAKE GOOD SETTERS. SILKIES SET OK BUT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE FEATHERS LIKE OTHER BREEDS AND CAN HANDLE LESS EGGS ESPECIALLY IF ITS COLD OUTSIDE. IF YOU WANT THEM TO HATCH MORE THAN ONE CLUTCH PUT THE EGGS IN AN INCUBATOR 2 DAYS BEFORE THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO HATCH. WHEN THEY HATCH THE BABIES THEY TEND TO QUIT THE NEST EVEN THOUGH YOU TAKE THE BABIES.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

Orpingtons. They're a full feathered standard chicken and can flatten out on a nest of eggs like a pancake! I have one that I can't get off the nest for anything! She's such a hot little mama.

 

[warmfuzzies]

I dont really want them to go back to back, I love her raising the babies. I am lazy, and she does such a great job!

I would just like them to go back to being broody after the chicks are grown up old enough to take care of themselves. I read that most will only do one clutch a year, and I am thinking like three, to give her time to recuperate.

 

[joeyschicks]

I find the mixed breeds do well with broodiness. I bought 7 mixed breed hens from a local farm, all colours and sizes, and of the 7, 4 are broody, and I have 2 sitting currently.

 

[warmfuzzies]

Well, I will probably be keeping all of my pullet babies from the broody mamma, then, and see if I can start beeding for the broody trait.

 

[Slippergal]

I've heard that Dorkins and Light Bramas go broody.

I ordered 25 Buff Orphington hens from Marti Poultry Farm once because I heard they go broody, but not a single one did. For those of you that lucked out in getting broody Buff Orphingtons, where did you get them?

Strangely, the only brood hen I ever owned was an Americana bought at auction as a brood hen. She laid green eggs. I figure this is rare as I've never heard of Americana/Aricanas being broody.

 

[dancingbear]

Yeah, you're right. I think with Orpingtons, (no 'h") it's a crapshoot, whether they'll brood or not. I've had over a dozen of them, I've only had a couple ever brood, and they only did it once each. Maybe the ones from breeders are more likely to brood than the hatchery lines.

I only have one Dorking, she's not broody yet, but she's less than a year old. I've heard if you have a bunch of Dorkings, when once goes broody, pretty soon they all do!