Can you MAKE a hen go BROODY?

[Happy Chooks]

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We were out of town for the weekend. Came home to 18 eggs in 1 nest box. No broody, but lots of eggs.

 

[Chickenaddict]

I have the opposite problem, I can't stop my hens from going broody. Right now I have a total of 7 broodies

 

[rcentner]

I had a hen go broody when I took her out of the flock. She was being mean to all the other hens and I wanted to change her status to see if she would be a little nicer. So I put her in a large dog crate for a week and let her do her own thing by herself. I noticed she was sitting on an egg and every time I saw her she was sitting on that egg (she is an old chicken that lays very little these days). When I removed the egg it had clearly been incubated, then I noticed the hen had pecked all her under belly feathers out, I put her back with the group and she is a little nicer, but she has not laid an egg since (not really worried cause she is so old) but I think she was all set to be a mama. It made me wonder if I put a hen in a cage like that again, if that works to get them in a broody mood? idk just wanted to share my thoughts there

 

[racingpigeons98]

If you leave the chicken inside the bucket with eggs will she really sit down.
Because I have a chicken that puffs up and screams, but doesn't sit on eggs, just makes strange noises around them.

 

[kano]

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Down here, the story is the same. I have a friend that swear to me that results . One thing is for sure. If you leave the eggs in the nests, the probably of broodies, increase.

 

[kano]

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Down here, the story is the same. I have a friend that swear to me that results . One thing is for sure. If you leave the eggs in the nests, the probably of broodies, increases.

 

[racingpigeons98]

Can rhode island red hens go broody? How often do they go broody?

 

[EmtheFishLady]

I can't believe this got to three pages and no one said anything about Sourland.




Hens do what they want...unless Sourland has been dancing...

 

[racingpigeons98]

This is to chickenaddict. (but others can answer)
What kind of hens do you have that you have so much broodies?
How much do you feed them a day?
My mom doesn't let us feed them a lot, because they don't grow.

This is to EmtheFishLady
What is Sourland?

 

[racingpigeons98]

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