Broody hen

How and why to break a broody hen (this really works!) There are a few different tricks you can try to stop a broody hen. Here are the ones that work for me...

How do you handle broody hen season? What is a broody and how do you know you have one? The spring weather brings on the urge to set on eggs and hatch out

A broody hen is an ideal way to hatch eggs and raise baby chicks naturally. The broody hen will do all the work for you, and her success rate will be higher than yours. Use these tips to help a broody hen hatch eggs the next time you want to increase your flock of backyard chickens.

It is springtime, and with that usually comes a broody hen. Which if you plan on letting her hatch eggs this can be a good thing, but if you don’t want her hatching eggs you will need to brea…

How to break a broody hen humanely begins with knowing the signs of a broody chicken and other poultry breeds. Know the cues to prevent unwanted hatchings.

If I have a choice, I’ll almost always pick letting a broody hen hatch eggs over ordering eggs from the hatchery every single time. However… that requires one important component– something I don’t always have. A broody hen. The topic of broody hens isn’t a horribly complicated one, but there are definitely some things to […]

This article provides techniques and methods for how to raise chickens and avoid salmonella at the same time especially for beginner chicken keepers.

Throughout the ages, poultry keepers who have raised chickens primarily for eggs have culled persistently broody hens. Among the non-setters or infrequent setters, here are 10 of the least broody chicken breeds.

Posted by Laura Hepburn, Thu, Aug 18, 2011; updated Wed, June 22, 2023

Broody hens will stop laying eggs, so you need to be prepared for this if it happens in your flock. Some breeds are more likely to brood than others; we’ll tell you what they are here.