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Generally they don't, you speak of the minority.

Well they won't go broody if they don't have any eggs to sit on. If a hen is prone to going broody it normally will if it has a nice pile of eggs and reasonable weather. You can't force it, you can only give them what they need to thrive and with luck they will be triggered into going broody.

Some breeds are more likely to go broody and in those breeds there is still alot of variation. Some lines are breed to be more broody while some lines breed against it, also just like people some of the chickens have the urge for children while others don't. They may decide down the road they...