Which Breed Of Hen Is Most Aggressive While Sitting On Eggs?

[Desertvalleychickens]

OK, I have had many hens in my flock before and a few of them were being broody hens. I would love to get your recommendation on which breed to get to have broody hens. I think one is the Barred Rock. Also, do the poll above.

 

[JaeG]

Only our bantam wyandottes peck at us (they are nasty). Our little OEGBs just scream like little velociraptors and look at us with disbelief if we remove eggs from under them, but they've never pecked us. Our orpingtons aren't too bad when they are broody either.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Only our bantam wyandottes peck at us (they are nasty). Our little OEGBs just scream like little velociraptors and look at us with disbelief if we remove eggs from under them, but they've never pecked us. Our orpingtons aren't too bad when they are broody either.

My Barred Rocks are very broody and they peck at me when I reach to get eggs and since I have big nests and the ALPHA HEN (which is unfortunately an Australorp) sits in one of them, she puffs up and flies at me...

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Only our bantam wyandottes peck at us (they are nasty). Our little OEGBs just scream like little velociraptors and look at us with disbelief if we remove eggs from under them, but they've never pecked us. Our orpingtons aren't too bad when they are broody either.

They also make an angry cluck sound and start growling, if you manage to take an egg, they will chase you out of the henhouse!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

From my experience...

 

[BlueBaby]

I had 5 of mine go broody this past summer: 2 Blue Double Laced Barnevelder's, and 3 Naked Neck's. They pecked and growled at everything that came near them. I used a stick to raise them up and maneuver the head's away so that I could take the egg's. I ended up putting them in broody jail. I hatch my eggs in an incubator when I want to have chick's.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

I had 5 of mine go broody this past summer: 2 Blue Double Laced Barnevelder's, and 3 Naked Neck's. They pecked and growled at everything that came near them. I used a stick to raise them up and maneuver the head's away so that I could take the egg's. I ended up putting them in broody jail. I hatch my eggs in an incubator when I want to have chick's.

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[RainbowHen]

Honesty my worst broody was a duck. She'd take your dang arm off Second worst was an EE hen. She was a special bird

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Honesty my worst broody was a duck. She'd take your dang arm off Second worst was an EE hen. She was a special bird

EE hen? Never heard about that chicken...

 

[black_cat]

I haven't had experience with bad broodies, but my friend's cochins are very broody and usually pretty chill.