DO HENS HATCHED BY MOTHERS ONLY GO BROODY ?

[ANNAS MAQSOOD]

I KNOW THIS IS A WEIRD QUESTION . BUT DO HENS HATCHED BY HER MOTHER GO BROODY OR AN INCUBATED HEN CAN ALSO GO BROODY .I HAVE A CUTE GIRL ( GAME CROSS UNKNOWN BREED ) WHO NOW LAYS EGGS AND I THINK SHE WAS INCUBATED . WILL SHE GO BROODY ?

 

[Judy]

The two have little or nothing to do with each other.

 

[foreverlearning]

It all has to do with hormones. I have had both great broodies and great foster moms (rare) from hatchery stock. Game birds do not go broody as a trait as much as a silkie does but they do sometimes go broody. Incubating vs mothered really doesn't matter much for that trait.

 

[Arielle]

THe key is in her genes, not in how she was incubated.

If you select eggs from a hen that goes broody, he girls are more likely to go broody than if you select eggs from a hen that doesn't go broody. See what I mean? Incubation method is not so important as the traits of the mother ( and father) .