Is there a way to get a hen to go broody?

Ouwendyker · Mar 30, 2016

Hi, I have 5 Dutch bantams, 2 roosters, 3 hens, and 4 bearded d'anvers bantams, 1 rooster, 3 hens. I would much rather see hens hatch the eggs rather than using an incubator, so I was wondering if there was a way to get my hens to set, any suggestions?

Thanks, Noah.

sourland · Mar 30, 2016

Allowing them to build a clutch of eggs may encourage broodiness. Bottom line is they will set when THEY want to.

countrychick352 · Mar 30, 2016

My husband and I just let the eggs build up, and even added a few eggs from the other random boxes they lay in...and one day....BAM MamaDukes(one of my girls) decided to sit and just not get up...