What if a breed doesn't usually go broody, how does it reproduce??

[coolchickens88]

I've been wonder this for a long time and want answers so please answer away thx

 

[canesisters]

sorta like seedless watermelons...?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Chickens have been domesticated for thousands of years, and for the last 150+ years, have been incubated artificially.

Only a few "modern" birds still have the brooding instinct. Hatcheries have pretty much bred this trait out of most of their birds. If a hen goes broody, she's sitting, not laying, and this is not profitable to either the hatchery nor the commercial hen houses. A few rare birds surprisingly, still go broody, in spite of this. Some breeds have maintained a higher level of predictable broodiness. Old line, heritage fowl lines often do go broody, as this is a trait that is desirable for self-sustaining flocks.

 

[Pele]

They make themselves useful to humans, and let them take care of it.