Do hens need a rooster to get them motivated?

No. Many people have hens that never see a rooster and they do fine but if that makes her happy...what's the harm?

 

Maybe her hens just want to go to the beach?

 

Sometimes a trip to the movies ---------

 

Or a concert?

 

To be clear, they do not need a rooster to get them motivated. They will lay whenever they will lay, with or without a rooster.

The risk to taking them for a visit with a rooster is that you can introduce them to diseases or parasites. I would not do it.

Of course, there is no harm in dumping some sand in their run and creating a beach, but I think there is a good case for having them vacation at home.

 

I take mine for a drive in the car to 'motivate' them

 

You guys are gonna laugh at me, but I`ve got a different slant on the subject. Not once or twice in my illustrious chicken raising life, but maybe 3 times, I`ve had hens that just stopped laying, presumably out of boredom. Not broody, not molting, and not in the fall, just for no reason at all. After feeding these freeloaders for a few months, it occurred to me that boredom could be the reason. Sooo, I put a nice handsome cock in with them. He musta spiced up their lives, because usually within 2 weeks, some of them started laying and then all of them. Now, go ahead and laugh, just relating my real life experiences. I know they lay just fine without a rooster, nearly all the time, but this really happened. Coincidence? Maybe.........Pop

 

I love the freeloader comment from "Pop"....

I got a rooster and mine started laying more but I think it was just a coinsidence. My rooster definately entertains them...and me too!