Broody hen questions!?

[austyn_stephenson]

Okay so I have a Silkie hen that lays in one spot almost all day except she. She eats and drinks but she does t have any eggs! If I were to put some eggs in with her do you think she would lay on them and hatch them for me?? Also if you pick up a hen from eggs would she go broody again or would she stop if you stop her??

 

[HEChicken]

If you give her eggs then yes, chances are good she will hatch them for you.

Breaking a broody is a question that comes up regularly and the long and short of it is there almost are no tried and true methods of permanently breaking a broody. Many people have had success temporarily but the hen goes broody again a short time later. So taking your hen off eggs is unlikely to deter her from wanting to brood.