RSL broodiness?

[BroccoliBoo]

I have 10 Red Star, or red sex-link, hens in my backyard and I was hoping to get them to lay and hatch, but these hens aren't a broody breed. does anyone know a way to get them to lay and hatch their own eggs without them being broody, or a way to induce broodiness upon them?

 

[nuthatched]

Sorcery.
No really. You can't make a hen broody unless you try messing with hormones.
They might go broody, they're just likely to than other breeds. You can also buy/build an incubator. Do you have a rooster?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Best bet would be to get a broody breed, such as Buff Orps.

You cannot make them broody. You can try, by piling up fake eggs in a nest, but if they're not inclined to go broody they simply will not.

 

[BroccoliBoo]

Sorcery.
No really. You can't make a hen broody unless you try messing with hormones.
They might go broody, they're just likely to than other breeds. You can also buy/build an incubator. Do you have a rooster?

I have 2 mixed breed roosters that I keep out of the pen, but I let the hens out with them every day for about 5 hours.