How do Broody hens get the humidty up for their hatch?

[RollinWithTheStones]

I know that incubators should have 65+% but what about hens?

 

[DraigAthar]

Sometimes a hen will dip her chest in water to get her feathers damp before she goes back to the nest.

I know that incubators should have 65+% but what about hens?

 

[HEChicken]

Hens go into "lockdown" just like we simulate with an incubator. In the first 18 days they will get off the nest once or twice a day to eat, drink and poop, but in the last few days they won't even do that. By sitting on the eggs without a break, they increase the humidity as the eggs are no longer exposed to the drying effects of the air, but are constantly surrounded by the hen's warmth & moisture.

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

Thanks guys