forcing a hen to go broody?

[daddy_roo]

i can still stack even though I have an auto turner?

 

[CCourson05]

Yes. But you will have to HAND TURN them...

 

[daddy_roo]

how do you handle that once lockdown accually starts?

 

[CCourson05]

When you start lockdown, you stop ALL turning...

 

[AZBootsie]

Quote:
As they incubate, candle and pick out the duds. With any luck bator will not be overflowing by lockdown.

 

[mstricer]

Your incubator is made to hold more without the turner, Good luck

 

[darin367]

this is what i do......... put 12 eggs in an egg box, wait 2 or 3 days, and every single time..... somebody decides to be a mom..... they do not have to be broody first....

 

[SallyF]

I've also got black sex link hens and have never seen one go broody, no matter how many eggs are in the nest box. I have one EE mutt hen who goes dependably broody in May and August each year, but she's the only one. The others just ignore both her and the chicks.

 

[CCourson05]

I have seen that barnyard mutts always seem to be the broodiest hens in the world... That and silkies...