if my rooster nate with the hens.. will those same hens go broody?

[farm316]

Can I just collect eggs everyday from allowing my hen to go broody..the if I was doing this I am not eating baby chicks right?

 

[sourland]

As long as you collect the eggs daily, you will not be 'eating baby chicks'. If they are from a broody breed, hens will go broody even if there is no rooster in the flock. Just as a rooster is not needed for egg laying, he is not needed for the hens to go broody.

 

[MelissaZeno]

Can you encourage broodiness by not collecting eggs? My hens aren't laying right now the only hen I know of that is still laying is my speckled sussex.