How to Identify a Broody Hen / What does "broody" mean?

[@SWpurgatory]

Omg chickens are the best. It's impossible to not be obsessed with them once you have them!

[@alaskaurbanhippie]

Embarrassingly true! Ha

[@CameronEatsDirt]

Agreed

[@willow_animates8123]

Oh yeah, we have chickens and im obsessed with them 💙

[@nnnnnn006]

Yeah same if my chicken dies then my life is done

[@sparklethewolf7124]

CHICKENS are so cute!! 🐣🐥🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓

[@angrycrusader3926]

Broody Hen's make excellent foster mothers for other birds.

[@bret1maverick]

My neighbor had a Buff Orpington go broody, and she swapped the eggs with fake (trainer eggs). A few days later she went up to the farm store and bought 2 Rhode Island red day old chicks. Then she set one in the nesting box for the hen to see/hear. The peeping exited her and she nuzzled it under her (like your hen did to that egg you set by her). She did the same with the second chick, and then took the fake eggs. The hen brooded and raised the chicks as if she hatched them herself. This didn't cause her to resume laying sooner, but it mafe her happy. It also got her to spend less and less time in the nest until she finished brooding the chicks(BTW she brooded those chicks way faster than I did in my brooder box). The chicks had no trouble integrating into the flock. They were born into the flock as far as the hens were concerned.

[@DiamondDovesArt]

That's amazing

[@totallyfrozen]

That’s good information!

[@hippydippy4636]

It is completely adorable watching her tuck the eggs under herself 😍

[@JoshuaBurniston]

My chicken has been sat on her egg all day I thought about calling the vet. Her feathers were all puffed up and she was making strange sounds. I tried picking her up and nope she was having none of it. And shes still sat in the same space now.

[@amysays3980]

Only one of my four hen is prone to being broody. The first time it happened, I didn't know what it was about and I let her be. She ended up not so good, losing a lot of weight not eating or drinking, just obsessed with getting back onto the nesting box no matter how many times I removed her. I finally had to break her of it by putting her in a cold bath. This year, at the first sign of broodiness, I stuck an ice pack under her. She didn't care for it, growling and ruffling her feathers but she couldn't move the pack. Within a couple of hours, she was out and about eating, drinking and dust bathing. I had to do it a few mornings in a row but that seems to do the trick. No mess, no stress. I didn't want my poor chicken sitting on unfertilized eggs wasting away. We have no roosters.

[@gerardogonzales6584]

Oh so maybe there is something to the water submergence!!!???

[@JSpyx]

and finally...after watching 17 broody hens videos from my recommendations (as it kept popping up for some reason), I finally watch this video explaining what "broody" means....

[@Mikalent]

The issue I had with a Broody hens on my grandparent's farm was that they would starve laying on their eggs. They would put the feed on the other side of the yard so the chickens would leave their nests more often, but the broody hens would stave themselves sitting on their eggs.

[@totallyfrozen]

Yikes! That’s good to know. I guess there’s a time to compromise

[@25cloud]

Thanks for sharing! I thought I had lost a chicken until I finally decided to pick up eggs that hadn’t been picked up in a few days and there she was in her glorious fluffed self 😂 I was so relieved! You video help me confirm that she probably started brooding from seeing all the eggs I’ve neglected to pick up in a timely manner!

[@Charlie_Bravo_Echo]

Thank you. I have 2 hens like this and I didn't understand what was going on.

[@alaskaurbanhippie]

Once you learn how to identify it once, it's so much easier in the future. Some chickens go broody during certain times of the year like clockwork, others are more random. Good luck!

[@claymonsterpottery]

My one pet chicken got all fluffy and weird, clucking all the time like a ticking time bomb. She lays inside in her special pillow and sat there all day all low like we couldn’t see her. So cute.

[@XeaRae]

I loved the egg test. So cute! ‘How did you get over there? Get back under!’

[@catman351]

Broody=“hen mode.”

[@ces4399]

Your hen is cute...and so are you!

[@alos.h256]

I have a pet chicken. Got her at just 7 days old. She's now about 6 months old and she begun to lay eggs about two weeks ago. And since today she's been laying in her nest all day! She got up for a bit but when back. I was so confused as to why😂 your video really helped me.

[@cristletower]

I do feel bad that the egg doesn't have a baby and the chicken is just trying to make it hatch but I know the egg is not fertilized but still this vid explained alot though so thank u!

[@missymarie708]

I also have a broody hen and I don't own a rooster, I felt really sad for her, so I bought 12 fertile eggs & I put them under her. I hope they hatch, and I hope she makes a great mother. :) she never had chick's before so it is exciting

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

This is such a loving and kind way to handle her.

[@carlgrigson824]

This information pretty helpful. Thanks!

[@m523mouse]

Thank you for the tip I have a super broody hen I did both test and she passed with flying colors

[@khaiophirgrad7717]

Everything are looking so adorable and lovely until the fearless and hungry honey badger in that brooding hen's nest will make it devastated.

[@alaskaurbanhippie]

I don't think we have honey badger in Alaska.

[@kreativecids5953]

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[@cristletower]

Lol

[@gr82bloved43]

Lol chickens are funny little creatures 😊

[@Laccy41]

Mines mean and growls! I separate her in dog pen inside run. It works. Thank You.

[@glenncook4936]

I think they puff the feathers for heat insulation.

[@nkirk0912]

Not necessarily they puff up to look bigger to scare off predators too

[@gregorythomas333]

Great video...good information! Thank you Ashley :)

[@Ghostly_Haze]

So I have a baby Barred Rock and my friend tried seeing what would happen if he were to try and put their younger sister near them (Note that their youngest sister is the youngest among the three of those Barred rocks, the one that we are talking about right now is Middle-Aged) She ended up screaming at their sister, something they've never done. My friend also saw them put an egg under them as a broody hen would. I ended up seeing what a broody hen would do (Like this video, thanks for the info btw

[@grant_____]

when this happens would it be okay to give the hen a fertilized egg for it to hatch and care for???

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

Yes, especially since fertilized eggs are cheaper than already-hatched chicks, and that way the chicks have a mother to care for them.

[@silviaandrade8820]

Thanks,i m still learning. This is very helpful.

[@nonamenolastname8600]

It can be good 4 you. It means you can put eggs to hatch 2-3 times

[@JamesY.]

Random KZbin recomended video, hahaha amazing I got broody hens and are laying eggs and ready to be chicks as we have free raised chickens and turkey wondering in my property who are always harassing my dogs when they are drinking water nearby.

[@mazheruddinmohammed4237]

Beautifully explained

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

How do I avoid taking the eggs from a broody hen? I have one that is always in the box at feeding time. She hunkers down when I open the box. She misses most of the food and then zooms out of the coop down the run and into the fenced chicken yard. Then later she will follow the other hens and rooster around pecking like normal, but I don't know if it is because I stole her eggs that morning or not. If she gets up and forages during the day then she isn't broody, is that correct?

[@alaskaurbanhippie]

I wonder if you are just catching her everyday while she's laying... if she spends a few hours a day away from the nest box, it doesn't sound like she is broody. That's my experience anyway

[@sherifebegu6260]

I have a medium sized broody hen and I don't know how much eggs to put for her to hatch.The eggs are totally fertile.I have a great rooster.What should I do?

[@featheredskeptic1301]

If a chicken clucks and puffs up like that - she's broody. A sick chicken isn't going to do any of this, under no circumstance. If your chicken got sick, she's going to be standing (maybe slightly puffed) with her head retracted to her body and seemingly sleeping. She may also be laying down while doing the same thing, and will refuse to eat, or eat very little. She also isn't going to be very easily prompted to walk away from the spot she currently is at if you approach her, and she's not going to go far before assuming the same stance if she does move. Also, you can see discoloration of the comb and face, and in some serious cases the chicken is going to be very light when you pick it up. Those (especially the last 2) are some very serious signs.

[@normanarmstrong5369]

Great video thank you. Very helpful.

[@nongthombamsuranjoy2710]

Can you please tell me a solution for hen not becoming broody and she has laid 50 eggs and still laying.The breed of the chicken should lay 10 to 15 eggs and become broody

[@leannaboyle6836]

She's making popcorn noises.

[@mjalphonse]

Very helpful, thankful!

[@felipeitoanuatti]

I’ve had a broody duck and she became a foster mother to a bunch of chicks

[@tinacreel2995]

how long does it take eggs to hatch

[@user-jg3yx8yu4l]

awesome video! 👍 really informative

[@gerardogonzales6584]

My Mom says to submerge the hen in water (which I think it's unnecessary) and isolate it in a wire cage for 4 days. I think the isolation alone does it, lol. First I had to find out what "culeca" meant. I thought it was a laying hen but now i know.

[@jonastonas8159]

I don’t know how I got here but this video was enjoyable 😂

[@jessicalabrum7580]

Broody hens say this when someone touches them: “ don’t touch me I’m angy >:^ “

[@pikyrone4913]

Hello need your help. I got hen. She dont leave the nesting box. But the eggs where dead already. Decided to throw the eggs and get here out. She dont eat nor drink water . She is acting weird. I think she is crazy already. I dont know how to help her huhu.

[@houdinous520]

2:34 I’d put 2 dozen eggs from the store in there

[@sivvu_siv]

Store bought eggs are unfertilised...

[@libertyfox7486]

Friendly Young chicken moved in 8 months ago. Got 4 months eggs no issues, now she will not come out of nest box or eat. Not sure what to do, if anything. I believe she needs other chickens that I don't have.

[@S.Ghosh_221]

So they are like ladies with really strong maternal instincts who want to settle down and have a family. Sounds like a keeper.

[@Chickenmom777]

How can you make your hens broody?

[@sunilrao7158]

Good information..Put more videos please...

[@alaskaurbanhippie]

Thank you :)

[@Viola5501]

My hen acts broody she won’t leave the nest, I take her out she walks around she eats as soon as My back is turned way she’s goes on the nest, she doesn’t act sick at all her vent looks dry and her bottom around the vet is red, I’m worried if she could be egg bond.

[@celestrio]

Ok so basically broody means a chicken who is ready and wants to be a mom.

[@cocraine]

I have a Cochin chicken, she’s the first hen I’ve ever raised and today she just laid her first egg but she refused to lay on it.. and then it cracked and she started to eat the yolk?? Any help?

[@TheFox808]

Sounds like she's not broody, and if she's just started laying then she's probably too young to want to be a mother hen anyway. It'll happen naturally when she's ready. In the meantime, you can eat the eggs. Yes chickens LOVE to eat eggs, but this shouldn't be encouraged otherwise they might start intentionally breaking eggs to eat them. It won't hurt them though.

[@tgerber85]

Can they start to go broody then change their minds?

[@strikersoccer9535]

If one touch egg it won't hatch is it true scientifically??

[@Justfun-xx6xe]

Fake

[@nevena251]

Broody crockpot 💕

[@alaskaurbanhippie]

Hahaha

[@alanreich6712]

I think the main reason someone would want to break a broody hen is actually because its not healthy for the hen to sit on a nest all day barely eating or drinking, and if the eggs are infertile its not worth it for the hen. I don’t recommend allowing your hens to be broody. The best way to break a broody hen is to put them in a wire dog crate with food and water and leave them in the run for three days and three night. The cool breeze on their breast and the lack of a nest to sit on will cause them to stop being broody.

[@peytonraymonde3700]

Well I wanna break my broody hens behaviour because we have a rooster and 8 hens and the rooster has been jumping on all of them recently so mainly all the eggs are pretty much fertile. I try to stop my broody hen because even though I want to raise chicks for my farm, I don’t have a heat lamp or a cage for the chicks 😫

[@julienavarro4565]

@@peytonraymonde3700 I don't even use a heat lamp. I let the mother give them warmth, as for the cage part I am assuming you have predators. It is either predators or your kinda scared what the chickens might do to the chick. My rooster doesn't do anything to anything to the chicks I have had. I have 4 chickens and all of them were nice to the chicks unless they went to eat some of their food which is why I separated all their buckets far away from the adults.

[@jessieburwell3462]

Exactly!!! Thank you so so much for saying that! Letting them sit there is not good for them. It takes ALOOOT of energy. Plus barely eatinn, drinking, and not taking care of them is very very bad for them and their health. Especially if your not wanting chicks, or if eggs aren't fertilized. It's not worth it for the hen. I think it's cruel in a way to let her stay broody.

[@gilbertperez3755]

@@jessieburwell3462 I think you can smash your morning omlet eggs in front of the chicken to make it think u crushed the shell like a predator.

[@gerardogonzales6584]

Basically that's what my mom said to do, except she submerges it in water before putting her in the cage. I thought it was cruel, lol, but she says it works. Knowledge passed down from my grandma, she says.

[@drippytv6575]

Waaaaiiittt so overall ( and in simple words ) what is a broody chicken?

[@xientau9028]

A puffed up, very huffy chicken that wants to spend its entire day in the nest, trying to hatch any eggs that may be in there.

[@rigotinoco3034]

My first hen is going broody and ima try to get bruce to breed with her and give her mybe like 4 adopted eggs which we only have 2 coop so mybe the ducks won't to much problem.

[@1fes323]

Just open the roof for sunlight. Lay a bowl of water and food for peaking distance. That's it.

[@jessieburwell3462]

I think that's kind of REALLY NESSED UO to not do anything about it. Especially if they're not fertilized. Because they WILL stay broody until they hear little peeps from babies and they'll be sitting for a very long time which can be seriously bad for their health. So if you don't want babies, or the eggs aren't fertilized, don't let them stay broody. Some will snap out of it, but some will not and that's seriously not good for them.

[@i3looi2]

Chickeeeeeeeeeeeens !

[@fruit_basket2867]

My chickens would tuck her eggs under her , shes not broody tho.... She just walks out

[@fubukifangirl]

Maybe you should keep fake eggs around to give to the hen so you don't have to waste eggs.

[@davemckay4359]

Theyy are stressed. They neef affection

[@rinreborn7364]

THICC

[@glgl1472]

I had a bird that was the broodiest thing I had ever seen if I went away and I would come back she would lay an egg and brood and sometimes she would get so broody if I took the eggs out she keep laying them so just to give her rest I would just let her brood. Then other times she was just fine... I guess I don't call him bird brains for nothing

[@Crickettriangle77381]

You are beautiful

[@litahsr.8226]

I don't understand why can u just remove all the eggs ? and put her in jail

[@alaskaurbanhippie]

Haha you definitely can. Personal choice.

[@jessieburwell3462]

@@alaskaurbanhippie it's very bad for their health. I think thats very very cruel to the hen. Especially if the eggs aren't fertilized. That is horrible for her health. Some hens will not snap out of it.

[@kreativecids5953]

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