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Are other members interested in having broody hens who will do all of the incubating and brooding for you?
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More so as time goes on.
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Why more so?
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A lot less work.
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Yes. I have my hens, serama and phoenix, do all the incubating of eggs and the rearing of chicks for the first week or so. Recently I have added cochin to my flock; so far they haven't gone broody as I expected them to do. However, it does take some time to adjust to a new environment and the two hens have laid no more than 15 eggs each. It is likely they will go broody soon.
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Wouldn't it be nice to have a breed that had the features of Silkies and others but was consistently broody, large, and would raise chicks until they were independent?
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Yes, but Silkies are so small!
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There are large breeds that go broody. Two breeds that I know of and have owned are large cochin and salmon favorelle. I know there are others that slip my mind at this time. There are sites that give this information such as: mypetchicken.com
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Sadly, it appears that humans are falling increasingly into that category. They just don't seem as interested in "incubating their eggs to maturity" Metaphorically speaking of course.
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