Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Yes, ideally I would go for that- you mean by breed? Like silkies/brahma/cochin etc? there is of course variation between hens too, even if they become broody- most of you backyard farmers are very aware of these inter-individual differences. but for our purpose; sitting on the eggs for at least 1 f...

Thanks so much for your support everyone! In my MSc project in Zoology (in Innsbruck, Austria) I already looked at the impact a broody hen has on chicks in 2014 but that was all on my own budget so the analysis was very basic, the sample size small- However, I did find some interesting long-lasting ...

and all of you are perfectly right; that the hens might quit when they are being moved, that´s why intend to get a few of them (6-7) to make sure that 4 will end up sitting until the chicks hatch. I used to do that with Australorp eggs/chicks and Brahma hens. my australorps never went broody but I w...

Thanks for all your replies everyone! few things; The broodies will not go into a flock of other chickens, but into seperate spacious pens. no quarantine needed. I do not need them for the purpose of sitting on eggs- the eggs will be incubated with an incubator and moved underneath the hen as day ol...

:broodyhen: Hi, hope this is in the right branch/forum, I could not find a "selling/buying" thread. please redirect me if there is one. My name is Patrick and I am looking for 4 broody hens! They would receive their chicks (day old) in mid June. I would pay you 60$ for either selling or borrowing me...