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[JuniorEct]

After my rooster mating my hen, my hen each day lays between 1-2 eggs, is her cycle continuous until she stops laying? Will she eventually start to sit in the eggs and start her incubation on the eggs after she lays them all? And if she has ain’t yet started when and how long will it take her too? I’m not sure if the eggs are fertile after then mating. Please help I’m excited to see them hatch already.

 

[Weeg]

After my rooster mating my hen, my hen each day lays between 1-2 eggs, is her cycle continuous until she stops laying? Will she eventually start to sit in the eggs and start her incubation on the eggs after she lays them all? And if she has ain’t yet started when and how long will it take her too? I’m not sure if the eggs are fertile after then mating. Please help I’m excited to see them hatch already.

Chickens don't 100% go broody. They will only incubate and hatch eggs if they want to, they don't hatch eggs every year like wild birds do, she will only do it if she feels like it, and that depends on the breed.
Some hens never go broody, some go broody and hatch eggs a few times in their lives. What breed is she? Some breeds are more prone to go broody then others.

You can incubate her eggs in an incubator. You will be hatching them, but you will still get babies.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

It really all depends on the breed and the individual chicken. Not all hens will brood. How old is she? If she's still a pullet you may want to hold off on letting her set even if she's willing.

 

[Weeg]

Cochins, Buff Orps, and Silkies are very prone to going broody. My Buffs have gone broody 3 times in their life. Other Hybrid breeds, like Easter Eggers, Sexlinks (golden, red, etc.), Etc. are all hybrids, and almost never go broody, because the instinct has been bred out of them.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Cochins, Buff Orps, and Silkies are very prone to going broody. My Buffs have gone broody 3 times in their life. Other Hybrid breeds, like Easter Eggers, Sexlinks (golden, red, etc.), Leghorns, Etc. are all hybrids, and almost never go broody, because the instinct has been bred out of them.

Leghorns aren't hybrids as far as I know. But having the broodiness bred out is more about being an egg layer/production type than anything else. Meat, dual purpose, and ornamental types are more likely to go broody because it's not seen as detrimental to their purpose.

 

[Weeg]

Leghorns aren't hybrids as far as I know. But having the broodiness bred out is more about being an egg layer/production type than anything else. Meat, dual purpose, and ornamental types are more likely to go broody because it's not seen as detrimental to their purpose.

I just copied Leghorns off of google, lol! I couldn't think of one more hybrid breed, but I was suspicious of that. Thanks for clearing that up! I'll edit it.

 

[JuniorEct]

Chickens don't 100% go broody. They will only incubate and hatch eggs if they want to, they don't hatch eggs every year like wild birds do, she will only do it if she feels like it, and that depends on the breed.
Some hens never go broody, some go broody and hatch eggs a few times in their lives. What breed is she? Some breeds are more prone to go broody then others.

You can incubate her eggs in an incubator. You will be hatching them, but you will still get babies.

She is an Easter egg

Chickens don't 100% go broody. They will only incubate and hatch eggs if they want to, they don't hatch eggs every year like wild birds do, she will only do it if she feels like it, and that depends on the breed.
Some hens never go broody, some go broody and hatch eggs a few times in their lives. What breed is she? Some breeds are more prone to go broody then others.

You can incubate her eggs in an incubator. You will be hatching them, but you will still get babies.

her breed is a Easter egger, she mated Friday last week and again Saturday, she layed an egg today probably in the afternoon and 2 Sunday don’t know what time though. For incubation I will grab a carbord box and some leaf partical and a connected light source is that good enough?

 

[JuniorEct]

It really all depends on the breed and the individual chicken. Not all hens will brood. How old is she? If she's still a pullet you may want to hold off on letting her set even if she's willing.

She’s an Easter egger and is about to be 8 months tomorrow, she’s getting older and older.

 

[Weeg]

She is an Easter egg

her breed is a Easter egger, she mated Friday last week and again Saturday, she layed an egg today probably in the afternoon and 2 Sunday don’t know what time though. For incubation I will grab a carbord box and some leaf partical and a connected light source is that good enough?

Easter Eggers down go broody often.
A cardboard box wont hold heat well enough. Do you have a styrophome cooler, or a plastic tote? That will work much better. A real incubator is ideal, but, you can build something like this- https://www.instructables.com/The-3-30-Minute-Egg-Incubator/ but leaf particles are not going to keep it warm either. Try to make something as close to this as you can.
If you are willing to buy a real incubator, that is what I would suggest.

 

[Weeg]

She’s an Easter egger and is about to be 8 months tomorrow, she’s getting older and older.

8 months is to young to go broody. She wont be a good mother even if she wanted to.