When do hen start to brood

[7Chickencreek]

I want to have my Salmon Faverolle raise a new chick, but she has never gone broody, she just turned 1 but I want to know if she has to be older to go broody. Just wondering

 

[PrettyChickens15]

There isn't really a certain time they go broody, but more likely in the spring and summer. Do you have a rooster?

 

[7Chickencreek]

I dont have a rooster but takes for the advice

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Some birds never brood. Infrequent with others and very broody the rest. Depends on the traits of the breed/line and then individual hen. If they brood it's usually first spring of being a hen. All the hens in my flock brood multiple times a year, it's normal for this variety to do so.

 

[itspebbl]

You don't need a rooster for a hen to go broody, however, you will have to give her fertile eggs to sit on. There is no way to make a hen go broody, but as mentioned here, it's more common for hens to try to set in spring. You can encourage broodiness by putting around 6-8 dummy eggs in the next box, but there is no guarantee that this will work. I hope she will go broody for you, though!

 

[PrettyChickens15]

You have to have a rooster to fertilize her eggs.

 

[DellaNTuff]

When they feel like it and sometimes they never feel like it.

Mine seem to like to do it in the middle of winter ...... so they can come live inside with their eggs and hatchlings I think.

 

[1cock2hens]

You have to have a rooster to fertilize her eggs.

you dont need fertile eggs for her to go broody, you just need eggs for her to sit on. they only need to be fertile if you are trying to hatch her eggs.. you can buy fertile eggs or slip a chick under her after its broody in some cases.

to OP they just do when they want to if ever

 

[PrettyChickens15]

you dont need fertile eggs for her to go broody, you just need eggs for her to sit on. they only need to be fertile if you are trying to hatch her eggs.. you can buy fertile eggs or slip a chick under her after its broody in some cases.

to OP they just do when they want to if ever

Good point

 

[ronott1]

Most breeds do not have hens go broody anymore. Hatcheries have bred it out of them because broody hens do not lay eggs. Heritage\show quality types are more likely to go broody.

I have not heard of favorelles going broody but they still could!

I hatched eggs for several years for a dorking breeder. Only a couple of hens ever went broody and they are known as a broody breed! The breeder finally gave up and bought an incubator LOL