Certain breeds are more prone to this behavior, including Cochins, Brahmas, Buff Orpingtons, Silkies, Sussex and Leghorns. It is most common to have a broody hen in the spring or early in the ...

Modern hybrid hens have had broodiness deliberately bred out of them. Unfortunately, all the fancy, feather-footed breeds such as Pekin bantams, silkies and Orpingtons still usually fall broody each ...

But people who took the broody hen survey said that Buff Orpingtons, Silkies, Dorkings and Ameraucanas tend to go broody easily. In the Survey of Chicken Breeds and Hybrids, Silkies, Aseels ...

A hen's eggs may be fertilized or unfertilized when you keep chickens. A broody hen is a term given to a dedicated mother bird that has begun to sit on and incubate the eggs day and night ...

Given the chance, many Silkies will be broody throughout most of the year ... Having said that, I’ve had hens from a variety of breeds, including Rhode Island Red crosses, that were very ...