When do Silkies go broody?

Do not look at them wrong! Mine will go at the drop of a hat. It seems they will lay half a dozen and then go again.
My issue is keeping them from going broody.
Good luck with what you want though.

 

when you dont want them too -like me!!!

 

my girl does it randomly. she seems happy at this second with all her broodiness bc my other hens are laying eggs in the nesting box she likes so she can lay on the eggs. they are not helping the issue lol. i need to get a pic of my little silkie sitting practically under one of my standard hens who is laying, pretty funny.

 

Each of mine would lay for about 4-6 weeks, then go broody. I would have 1-2 broody in the wintertime, but once spring hit - I'd have almost all 10 broody at once!

 

I would say, when do they not go broody. I have 4 mature hens and one of them is always broody. My blue girl Cleo is almost always broody. In fact last week, I gave her 5 eggs to sit on because she would not stop. I figured if you can not beat her, join her. Give her what she wants.

 

Once mine start laying, they are subject to becoming broody at any time...they will happily sit on just one egg, or if they are really stubborn like some of mine are, they will just sit on nothing at all if you keep taking the eggs away!

 

if you want your silkie to go broody then... waqit until she has laid (however many u want) of good fertilized eggs. Then when u get all the eggs you want her to sit on, put some fake eggs in the nest box, then she will mostt likely go broody. when she is getting up for a drink or something to eat, swap the eggs with the real fertilized eggs. Good Luck!

 

I have one that has never gone broody yet. But, she snatches any babies in the coop. I have even brought her inside and placed her with incubated chicks that were a few weeks old when a heat lamp went out unexpectedly. She took right to them and is a great mom for emergency situations. She has NEVER laid any eggs and will not let any roosters mate her either She's an oddball, but she's worth her weight in gold to me since she will adopt any chick small enough to fit underneath her, and mother them far longer than any of my other hens would consider caring for them. Silkies are eccentric......