true. It is instinctual. If a hen has it in her to be broody, lays in the same nest every day, leaving fake eggs can help her decide to sit. Generally if you remove all eggs all the time, it is harder to get a broody. But a hen either will go broody or won't. Anything we do won't make her go broody. To help encourage it, sure.Hens don't get broody because of anything we do, it is all them. Perhaps it is hormonal, but nothing we can induce. As far as the fake eggs, I just leave some in the nest boxes all the time. Hens like to lay where there are already eggs, it kind of shows them that this is a good place for eggs. If you want chicks, you could just get young chicks and raise them, there are lots of great instructions for doing so on this site.