How do i make my Hen go broody?

[SweetLittleChicks]

Ask yourself this: can you make yourself (if you are female) ovulate? Can you influence your girl friends to have their menstrual cycles on a particular day of the month? Can you influence yourself or any of your girl friends to want to have babies? The answer is absolutely not. The same is true of your chickens. Chickens produce eggs, that is the act of ovulating, and it has to do with hormones, or chemicals in their bodies. Some chickens also have hormones that make them decide they want to sit on the eggs and hatch them. Broody hormones. Lots of chickens don't have those hormones, they just want to keep producing eggs. Lots and lots and lots of eggs. Some breeds that like to set on eggs are Orpingtons and silkies. I'm sure there are more. But if you do not have a broody hen, there is not much you can do about it. Except buy an incubator and learn how to use it!

sheesh didnt want you to go that far i know that but im trying say can i convince im not forcing any of my hens to hatch out eggs im asking if i can convince her.

 

[Aunt Angus]

im trying to make my new hampsire red go broody or one of because i heard there the best moms better than silkies and orpingtons

They are only good moms if they go broody.

Try putting fake eggs in the nests. My Silkies often go broody if there are eggs in the box. But it really is a hormonal thing.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ask yourself this: can you make yourself (if you are female) ovulate? Can you influence your girl friends to have their menstrual cycles on a particular day of the month? Can you influence yourself or any of your girl friends to want to have babies? The answer is absolutely not. The same is true of your chickens. Chickens produce eggs, that is the act of ovulating, and it has to do with hormones, or chemicals in their bodies. Some chickens also have hormones that make them decide they want to sit on the eggs and hatch them. Broody hormones. Lots of chickens don't have those hormones, they just want to keep producing eggs. Lots and lots and lots of eggs. Some breeds that like to set on eggs are Orpingtons and silkies. I'm sure there are more. But if you do not have a broody hen, there is not much you can do about it. Except buy an incubator and learn how to use it!

I love this example. I couldn't think of one and this hits the nail on the head

 

[Aunt Angus]

Ask yourself this: can you make yourself (if you are female) ovulate? Can you influence your girl friends to have their menstrual cycles on a particular day of the month? Can you influence yourself or any of your girl friends to want to have babies? The answer is absolutely not. The same is true of your chickens. Chickens produce eggs, that is the act of ovulating, and it has to do with hormones, or chemicals in their bodies. Some chickens also have hormones that make them decide they want to sit on the eggs and hatch them. Broody hormones. Lots of chickens don't have those hormones, they just want to keep producing eggs. Lots and lots and lots of eggs. Some breeds that like to set on eggs are Orpingtons and silkies. I'm sure there are more. But if you do not have a broody hen, there is not much you can do about it. Except buy an incubator and learn how to use it!

My Orpington and my Silkies are the only hens I have who have gone broody.

Actually, I would say that my Silkies are perpetually broody and go non-broody on occasion. But on those rare occasions that they are not broody, they lay like crazy! Silly fluff balls. I love them so.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's just as much luck as anything. I have a Cochin bantam that took 6 years to go broody, and a sexlink I used to have hatched duck eggs her second year

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I love this example. I couldn't think of one and this hits the nail on the head

Thanks, Jacin.

 

[Painted Calls]

im trying to make my new hampsire red go broody or one of because i heard there the best moms better than silkies and orpingtons

Where did you hear that NHRs are the best moms?

 

[MegsEggsx]

Maybe it's just an old wives tale but I have heard that feeding them lot's of corn helps in making them be broody. Could be worth a shot.

 

[HuffleClaw]

im trying to make my new hampsire red go broody or one of because i heard there the best moms better than silkies and orpingtons

NH reds arent a broody Breed. And even though mine aren’t quite adults yet (15 weeks), I can go ahead and tell you I don’t expect any of them to be broodies in the future. They’re a production breed.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Where did you hear that NHRs are the best moms?

I wanna know, too