How to Get Hens to sit on eggs

[Peaky]

I have a Isabel Cuckoo Orpington hen who just started laying eggs about 10 days ago and she has produced an egg a day. She lives with a rooster of the same breed so I assume her eggs are fertile. How does one get their hens to set on her eggs so we can have chics.?? If I leave them in the nesting box will this happen automatically or do they have to be more mature.

 

[Pork Pie]

I have a Isabel Cuckoo Orpington hen who just started laying eggs about 10 days ago and she has produced an egg a day. She lives with a rooster of the same breed so I assume her eggs are fertile. How does one get their hens to set on her eggs so we can have chics.?? If I leave them in the nesting box will this happen automatically or do they have to be more mature.

The tendency to go broody varies with breed, and then it can depend on what characteristics the breeder aims for with their respective stock. Since she has just begun laying, she may not go broody for a while. Either way, its a question of patience (I hate that word

) and letting nature take its course. Here's a link of a search that you may find interesting - https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=orpington+broodiness

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

The tendency to go broody varies with breed, and then it can depend on what characteristics the breeder aims for with their respective stock. Since she has just begun laying, she may not go broody for a while. Either way, its a question of patience (I hate that word

) and letting nature take its course. Here's a link of a search that you may find interesting - https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=orpington+broodiness

X 2 - this bird may never go broody.
If you are very eager to have chicks it may be a better option to consider using artificial incubation rather than waiting/hoping for a broody cycle. If, though, you want to wait it out and see if she goes broody I would suggest collecting the eggs and storing them appropriately for hatching eggs (put them in an egg carton, fat end up, and keep the carton in a cool room (around 55 degrees)....prop one end up so that it's at about a 45 degree angle...using books, blocks, etc....and twice a day change which end is "up") - track what day each egg is laid and when an egg is 10 days old take it out and use it as an eating egg, replacing it with that day's new egg. If/when the bird goes broody you can slip the hatching eggs under her for incubation.
A hen that goes broody will do so whether there are eggs in the nest or not, so leaving eggs to collect there is not necessary - but if it makes you feel better regarding the chances of her deciding to brood you can use false (ceramic, wooden, etc) eggs for that so that.

 

[Peaky]

Hey thanks So much for the info. I will do exactly as you have suggested and see what happens
I do have an incubator that holds 7 eggs so may start with that. I love having chics.