hay bale trick

I'vegotchickenfever :

Last year my girls fooled me by hiding a huge nest behind a hay bale. So I just got permission so to speak from dh to "go ahead"-"whatever". So I put 7 eggs behind a fresh haybale and shooed my biggest meannie back there. She acted like it was christmas and jumped right on them!! Wish us luck!! First hatch if she stays on them!!

I asked this question on another thread - but still don't have an answer. Does this mean that hens can "go broody" and hatch eggs WITHOUT plucking our their chest feathers? Never had a broody hen, and I want one, but they all still have feathers, so I figure, nothing's happing.​

My Cornish do no pluck, the guineas didn't, the Ameraucanas didn't, but the Cochins we had did. Maybe it depends on the breed/bird.​
 

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