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[kittyl]

I'm still hoping for a broody before I get my hatching eggs. This morning my one eyed brahma Bonnie

was making the right noises. The eggs I'll be getting are faverolle bantam, so I was hoping for one of

the bantam girls to oblige, but if Bonnie wants the job would she be too big for the eggs? or does it

not make any difference?

[miller30]

Hi it makes no difference i have had great big orps sit on piles of pekin bantam eggs all chickens sometimes have the odd accident where they break the eggs doesnt matter what size leanne

[kittyl]

Thanks Leanne, it would be quite nice if it is Bonny who sits as she's the friendliest, which means

we'll be able to get a good look at the chicks. But she is rather a clumsy old thing. We'll see.

[mimi5]

Kitty1, How exciting to be hatching I hatched last year as my pekins drove me mad with their broodiness!!!

 

Just had a thought....I accidentally induced one bout of broodiness by leaving "dummy" eggs in the nest box. It was because only Molly had come in to lay and was laying in the run So to encourage her to lay in the nest box the advice I got was to use fake eggs...it worked Then I thought I'd leave them there and remove the real eggs only to help the other hens in the same way....but it sent Molly broody and it was about this time of year.

 

I believe you can try this to induce broodiness (I totally did it by accident ) Might it be worth a try....if you have a hen who's prone???

 

Best wishes for your hatching adventure

[atsw]

I've successfully hatched both ways round. The first time my great big Orp hatched out seven tiny Pekin chicks.

 

Then once the Pekins grew up and (inevitably as Pekins do) went broody, two of them both raised seven chicks between them and then one of them hatched out a clutch of large fowl chicks as well. We only lost two chicks throughout all the hatches.

 

Andrew