Any ideas for making a brooder?

[Girly White Silkie]

If you have a silkie, and she is mature. Put a bunch of eggs, or fake eggs in a box that is protected, and fairly dark. I make them enclosed on 3 sides, and the top, then the front has a smaller opening. Big enough to see out of, but not completely open. Say 75% open, but a little closed off.
Works for my silkies.
They are like crack addicts. They NEED to go broody.
Having said that, there are no guarantees, but they are the most broody chicken out there. At least that's what ive read.

Ok

 

[Girly White Silkie]

You can not make a Hen Broody....Hormones make them Brood....

What are hormones?

 

[chickens really]

You have them...Hormones.....

 

[Girly White Silkie]

You have them...Hormones.....

Is it in their brain?

 

[chickens really]

Is it in their brain?

hmmm..Google hormones..

 

[Girly White Silkie]

hmmm..Google hormones..

What do you mean?

 

[Sublight]

You can not make a Hen Broody....Hormones make them Brood....

That's right, but you can encourage it. (From what I read)

 

[Sublight]

What do you mean?

Hormones is a word we use to describe chemicals in our brain that cause us to act certain ways. One of those hormones cause chickens to have the desire to go broody.

A hormone you may have makes you want to give your boy/girlfriend a kiss.
It also may make you want to fight someone.
It makes the chickens want to hatch babies.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

What are hormones?

They're sort of chemicals that give animals - including humans - certain behavioral impulses. Like @Sublight said, lol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormone

To answer your original question, though, we used one of those big rubber-maid buckets, cut out the middle of the lid and put chicken wire on it, with the red bulb over that. The white bulb makes them think it's daytime and it will be hard for them to sleep unless you turn it off in the evenings.

 

[Girly White Silkie]

That's right, but you can encourage it. (From what I read)

How do I encourage it?