Chances of getting a broody hen in the winter?

[BigHead]

This winter I keeping a few chickens in a warm coop. With this help get the hens broody or am I wasting my time till spring? Should I go ahead and buy a incubator?

 

[QueenMisha]

Depends on breed. Most breeds won't. My Silkies and Shamo will (and one particularly weird Wyandotte).

 

[BigHead]

I have gamefowl.

 

[junebuggena]

Brooding is brought on by hormones. Those hormones are directly tied to daylight exposure. It has nothing to do with temperature. In most climates, even cold ones, coops do not need heat. They do need lots of ventilation though.
A broody hen in winter is a very rare thing. Most hens that are prone to brooding, do so in the spring and summer.