Is my hen going to become broody?

BirdGirl2004

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Nov 19, 2016
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Hello, I went out in to my chicken coop this fine afternoon and I saw that my Australorp was in the box laying. I needed to clean out the coop so I just minded her and kept cleaning, she stayed there for quite some time and she kept putting the eggs under her neck and then stretching her wing up over the top of them. She was on them for about 25 minutes and then she got off them. Do you think that sometime soon she will become broody? Thanks!
 
If you want her to go broody you can put some fake eggs in the nest and just wait to see if she will sit on them, also warm weather can cause broodiness as well, hope I helped
 
I'm not sure, a couple ways to encourage her is too give her a dark safe place to sit on the eggs and some hay to make it comfortable for her. Heat is also really important with chickens to go broody if your having fluctuations where its hot one day and cold the next like me I dont think she will be broody for a while but you can encourage her to sit on the eggs just make it warm
 
good advice. I have a dark place for her although if she was going to end up being broody then I was going to move her because the boxed are up high. Dint want any chicks free-fallin'
 

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