Hens with eggs

[fishingdude93]

When my hen starts to lay eggs. Will she try to sit on them till they hatch or will she leave them the first time.

 

[dawnchick]

Some will go broody, some will not. Broodies stay on the nest almost all the time, and fluff out and growl if you move them. A broody doesn't even care whether she has any eggs. Some breeds go broody more than others, but you really never know. I was just reading on here about a broody Leghorn, and this is a breed that the broodiness has essentially been bred out of. I've been getting one broody for maybe every 4 or 5 hens, and I bought broody-inclined breeds. (Henderson's chicken chart tells this.)

 

[Mahonri]

Do you have a rooster? If you don't the eggs wouldn't be fertile anyway and would not hatch.

you need a broody hen for 21 days with fertile eggs to get chicks.