Need help to make my hen broody!

[Quails andchickens]

So I was incubating quail eggs and them my incubator broke I put a heat pad on it but I think most of my clutch died. But I have a hen that can incubate quail eggs(she hatched them before and mothered them for the first week of life) but the hen also hatched chicken chicks in that batch but this time I need her to go broody on just the quail eggs how can I make a chicken broody! I need to hatch eggs so I can get a girl for my lonely quail rooster who is depressed about not having a girl. Please help how do I make a hen go broody!

 

[centrarchid]

Might be able to induce broodiness in a hen already in lay using injection(s) of prolactin. It might be inducable even with hens not in lay.

 

[Quails andchickens]

Prolactin? I can't give my chickens stuff in needles. Like should I put fertilized egg shells under. Or fake a rooster breeding with her? I can't give her medication.

 

[Folly's place]

Sometimes having a nest with a few eggs lest in it will encourage broodiness, but otherwise it will happen when she's in the mood, which is up to her.
Injectable drugs? I wouldn't.
Mary

 

[Quails andchickens]

Sometimes having a nest with a few eggs lest in it will encourage broodiness, but otherwise it will happen when she's in the mood, which is up to her.
Injectable drugs? I wouldn't.
Mary

I know she has 9 eggs for a week now but if you don't have any suggestions that is ok!

 

[centrarchid]

I am not aware of any methods that force hens to go broody outside use of hormones. I have a least 20 broody cycles split between about 15 hens during a typical year and can get them to reliably go broody within a month of setting up a broody pen. The key is having them in good lay and not overly stressed, if they are a breed that breeds naturally like American Games. My American Dominiques are a bit more fickle, especially hens in their first and second breeding seasons. Those seem to need to be tired out by laying a lot of eggs, many more than could possibly incubated in a single breeding cycle. Additionally, high ambient temperature seem to play a role like during the latter part of summer.

Otherwise invest in a group of silkie hens to ensure you have at least a couple going broody at any given time.

Either you have a broody when you happen to have a broody, or you prepare and have multiple hens of suitable breed in lay.

 

[Quails andchickens]

I am not aware of any methods that force hens to go broody outside use of hormones. I have a least least broody cycles split between about 15 hens during a typical year and can get them to reliably go broody within a month of setting up a broody pen. The key is having them in good lay and not overly stressed, if they are a breed that breeds naturally like American Games. My American Dominiques are a bit more fickle, especially hens in their first and second breeding seasons. Those seem to need to be tired out by laying a lot of eggs, many more than could possibly incubated in a single breeding cycle. Additionally, high ambient temperature seem to play a role like during the latter part of summer.

Otherwise invest in a group of silkie hens to ensure you have at least a couple going broody at any given time.

Either you have a broody when you happen to have a broody, or you prepare and have multiple hens of suitable breed in lay.

Ok I will just wait and see thank you all for your advice!