If you are only interested in egg production than you may not want to purchase chicks that have broody tendencies. Broody hens can be troublesome, so if your not looking for a mother hen, here are the breeds you may want to avoid.
Standard Size Breeds
• Buff Rocks
• Cochins
• Buff Orpingtons
• Dark Cornish
• Light Brahmas
• Cuckoo Marans
• Turkens
• Buff Brahmas
Bantams
• Silkies
• Cochin Bantams
• Cornish Bantams
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Funny you brought this up. I had a BLR Wyandotte and Australorp broody at the same time, then last week a Jersey Giant and yesterday I noticed a Dominique is broody!!!! Ugh!
A Dominique? Yikes… that’s really rare! I’ve NEVER had a Dominique go broody! That’s why I keep them, nothing worse than trying to keep a broody hen alive in 112 degrees – when she won’t leave the nest.
We have three Dominique’s and she is the meanest broody mama! I put her in a broody pen, since she isn’t laying, she is hoarding the other hens eggs and protects them fiercely. I think broodiness is contagious in my coop!
We have a Speckledy who goes broody every year, so we separate her and put eggs underneath her to hatch. She is a very good Mother hen!
Lucky to have her! If I could have a rooster here I would be very happy to have a mother hen. Darn city laws!