Why do broody hens.

[Mr chicken dude]

Have no stomach feathers??? My broody and another broody I saw on here had no feathers on her tummy is it to help keep her eggs warm?

Thanks,Collin

 

[Judy]

Well, they can't tell us why, but it does keep the eggs warmer when they are next to her body. It also "feathers" or softens the nest for the babies.

 

[briana1975]

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Exactly!

 

[lauralou]

I do think it's for better contact with the eggs, for warmth, and also for proper humidity. When you lift a broody hen off her eggs, you can feel that her bare breast is slightly moist. And icky.

(That's just a personal theory.)

 

[Judy]

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Also very true.