I need a Broody Hen

[Bantamlover23]

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. But my mom will not let me have an incubator and none of our hens have gone broody and I want little fuzzy butts.

I guess I will have to wait until the hens decide to go broody. I have bantam cochin hens and millie fleur hens I want chicks out of. Sorry but this is my rant for the day.

 

[seismic wonder2]

Find someone with silkies and wait 15 minutes...

 

[australorpchick]

Unless of course, she's my silkie, who sends some very not nice clucking my way whenever I put her in the broody pen to see if she's interested in sitting on some eggs and jumps out like I set her rear on fire. Right now I'm depending on my BO/EE who is acting wishy-washy broody to hatch some silkie eggs I bought.

 

[serendipity22]

I'll send ya one of my Marans. They are horribly broody!

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

Cochins are a broody breed. D'Uccles (which is what you're probably referring to when you say "mille fleur" which is a color) are also very broody. Just wait a bit and I'm sure at least one will get broody.

 

[chickenbuddy]

Will silkies go broody all year? Or do they only go broody in the spring time?

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Two of my silkies have been laying for almost a month now and still no broodiness...

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

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Most birds don't go broody their first year.

 

[chickenbuddy]

But do silkies go broody all year long?

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

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Most do except in the really cold part of winter. But each bird is different.