broody hen

[Theaseelrooster1981]

hello everyone i have question,i was wondering on how do you make a hen go broody,i've heard that if you put a different rooster the'll go broody.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

i've heard that if you put a different rooster the'll go broody.

Lies! hens don't even need a rooster to go broody.

Plenty of access to fresh high quality formulated feed and fresh clean water, plenty of space with no crowding, plenty of security as stress free as possible and without predators, a good nesting location.

It's completely hormonal... which is determined by genetics. Even collecting eggs EVERY day... some of my hens will even happily brood AIR! Others don't have a broody bone in their body and will never consider it.

Although broodies and babes are lovely to see... it's a lot more work on the keepers part than folks let on.

Happy adventures!

 

[Theaseelrooster1981]

i've also heard that hens hatched in incubators will not go broody,is that true?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's not true. I had a black sex link that I got from extractor supply, summing that means she was hatched artificially, that was broody enough to actually hatch duck eggs

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Also not every hen from a broody breed will go broody. Got silkies because I've read everywhere that they will hatch almost anything because of their broodiness, even watched a video where one was used to hatch an emu egg. For four years I had them and they never once even considered going broody

 

[EggSighted4Life]

i've also heard that hens hatched in incubators will not go broody,is that true?

Don't believe much of what you hear... that is completely NOT true.

All of my broody hens were hatched in incubators... some at the hatchery.

My hatchery barred Rock hatched and raised 9 lovely chicks. But not until her second season after maturing.

Some have been excessively broody... going broody after every third egg they lay. All are individuals.

 

[rc4u]

get a different chicken, seriously its nature and youll get old wives tales but not science

 

[Theaseelrooster1981]

thank yall for the responses my friend gave me an asil hen and i've heard that asil hens make good broodies

 

[Wezdin]

thank yall for the responses my friend gave me an asil hen and i've heard that asil hens make good broodies

from what iv'e heard they do.

 

[birdlover2]

thank yall for the responses my friend gave me an asil hen and i've heard that asil hens make good broodies

Hopefully they will go broody and btw if you want the chicks of another hen who won't go broody just put the eggs in the clutch of the hen who is. Like others have mentioned on here broody hens can even be known to hatch chicks of other birds. Most likely a broody hen will be fine with hatching another hen's chicks, although maybe not, like EggSighted4Life said, all are individuals. Remember to not collect the eggs if you want your hen/hens to go broody, and it may help to put all eggs in a single clutch. If you still have no luck after getting broody breeds and trying that, you may want to use an incubator, though I get wanting your hens to hatch their own, sometimes you have to take lemons and make lemonade! Good luck!