Best way to get your hen to go broody?

[GoatLover89]

Does anyone have any suggestions on the easiest and best way to get your hen to go broody?

Any information would be great.

Thank you.

 

[Opa]

With my flock I've found that anytime I don't have any fertile eggs for them to hatch several will go broody. Coincidence ............ or some great poultry plot in the works.

 

[squeakyballs]

One of mine went broody a few days after I put a towel over the nest box. I draped it so it covered the entrance like a curtain, with a 3" opening on one side. It made it nice and dark inside.

But, now both of my hens are broody. I wish I could send you one! I don't know what to do, I don't know if they'll fight over the chicks or what.

 

[GoatLover89]

No worries. I have Eggs in my bater right now and im REALLY hoping they will hatch. i am also just wanting to see the old natural way. With a chicken and her chickens tailing right behind her

say it once when i was a little kid and havent seen it since.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I had 2 white cochin bantams go broody on 20 eggs and hatched ALL of them out and only 1 died!!!!! They will steal eggs from one - another, but they will share the chicks, too. But, you may want to put the hens in different nests, though. But it's okay for 2 hens go broody on the same nest spot!!!

 

[LarryPQ]

I don't know, but from what I hear, the best way to get a broody hen is to not want one.

 

[gritsar]

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That's about it. That or buy the most expensive bator you can find and fill it with expensive eggs. You can't make a hen go broody, they either will or they won't.
I've tried every trick in the book. They don't work. And yes, my nestboxes are covered, dark and secluded.