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mustangsaguaro:
In the years I have owned Ameraucana\'s none of them have ever gone broody. Up until this year I only had them for egg laying. The colors I\'ve had in the past were all LF no bantams, and they were whites and silvers and they have never gone broody on me.

Now I have a bunch of LF Lavenders and 2 Lav splits. Are the Lav\'s known for going broody over the other colors? I ask because I let my birds free range (have only 2 roos and they are both Lav Am) and one of my Lav\'s is missing. Not sure if she\'s sitting on a nest somewhere that I can\'t find or if something took her (don\'t see a lot of feathers in any one specific place). I saw her 2 days ago when everyone was fed in the morning. And haven\'t seen her since. I have gone looking for her and the nest. I am sure I have probably walked by it a ton of times by now. When I have had broodies in the past they usually come out in the morning to eat then go back. I will usually follow them to there nests to see where they are at. But this one\'s got me stumped.  She hasn\'t come out when I\'ve fed and I\'m starting to get worried. I\'m wondering if she comes out when I am not around and not looking.  

I\'d like to find her and her nest to see how many eggs she\'s got in there and if they are all hers or some of my barnyard mixes as well. I\'m not going to be a happy camper when she comes out w/ a bunch of chicks in 21 days as I have chicks hatching now (about 30 or more) and getting more eggs in 2 weeks. The hubby will kill me w/ that many birds.

Cloverleaf Farm:
Yes, the Lavs are way broody!!  I hope she\'s setting out there somewhere and you are able to find her, OR that she\'s well hidden enough that nothing else finds her first!!

John:
My lavenders aren\'t any more broody than the others.
Are your lavenders descended from some that were crossed with Orpingtons in the last few years?
My buffs have always been the most broody varieties.  3 bantam hens are trying to share a nest and 3 LF hens won\'t get off their nests.
http://ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&t=117

mustangsaguaro:

--- Quote from: John ---My lavenders aren\'t any more broody than the others.
Are your lavenders descended from some that were crossed with Orpingtons in the last few years?
My buffs have always been the most broody varieties.  3 bantam hens are trying to share a nest and 3 LF hens won\'t get off their nests.
http://ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&t=117
--- End quote ---


I\'m not sure if the one who I think is missing and sitting was crossed w/ Orps or not. 2 of my females are from Jean Ribbeck lines and the rest of them are from Cindy Aultman in Tx. The one that is missing/broody is from Cindy\'s stock. Does that help any knowing where the birds came from if they were crossed w/ the Orps?

The odd thing is I was wanting to get some Orps because they are known to go broody and I prefer using a hen over an incubator. I contacted a breeder close to me that breeds Lavenders and another one about 2 hrs from me and she breeds Lavs as well as BBS. Both breeders said there Lavs don\'t seem to go broody. But the one w/ the BBS said those the BBS ones tend to go broody. I think that is kind of odd.

I tried contacting Cindy yesterday but my email didn\'t go thru. Maybe she will see this and can let me know.

Cloverleaf Farm:
My lavender hen from Jean was perma-broody...though come to think of it, the two I had from John\'s line were not...I guess my initial response was from people on the BYC forum talking about their broody lavs all the time... ;)

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