My family was friends with many religious couples with large broods of children. (firstthings.com)
We are too busy marveling at our now very large brood of kids (12!) (pureella.com)
I knew a family in our adoption support group years ago who referred to their very large brood as «some home - made and some store - bought» (although the many adopted kids all came through foster care, so there actually was not a payment by the aparents). (lavenderluz.com)