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How old is a chicken before it becomes broody?
about 1 year old
What is chicken's mother called?
A mother chicken is a HEN Also Known as a broody hen/hen with a brood.
What is what is a chicken clutch?
A Chicken clutch are the eggs that the broody has decided to sit on. "Clutch" is the word used in terms of the eggs she is sitting on.
My chicken is sitting on top of her eggs and when I get close to her with another chicken she starts screeching why is this?
You have a broody hen and she is warning the other chicken to keep away. She is protecting her clutch.
Is a hen less apt to sit on an unfertilized egg?
No. A broody hen is a broody hen and will sit on golf balls once the urge to nest takes her. Hens do not instinctively know if the eggs they are brooding are fertile or not. Hens in a chicken coop without a rooster among the flock will still go broody.
Is serama a good broody hen?
Hello Serama chicken are the one of the best broody hens ..they can go brooday 2-4 times a year...but they are so tinny they only can set on 4-6 eggs...
Why does my broody chicken sit on nothing?
When hens are broody they are not 'themselves'. Try taking her off the nest and putting her in a cage, somewhere she is isolated from the other hens and also where there is no nesting box. That always works well for my hens.
Can you breed from the eggs?
If the chicken laying the egg has been fertilised by a rooster then it is possible to get a chick out of the egg if the chicken goes "broody", alas it sits on the egg(s) for days.
Is the araucanian chicken broody?
yes they are all mine were and made very good mums and im guessing you mean araucana
If i gave my broody chicken a set of duck eggs to sit on what would happen?
She would happily hatch them out! I know of someone who hatched out ducks under a broody hen. They hatched out healthy but the mother hen was just a little surprised when her 'chicks' began to swim! :-)
What part of speech is the word broody?
Broody is an adjective.
What are the importance of brooding chickens?
Chickens, like a lot of animals, already have maternal instincts. This means they already know how to brood chicks. If you are wanting your chicken to go broody, some people use *fake eggs which they leave in the nesting box or chosen 'broody pen' to persuade the hen to become broody. *Chickens might eat real eggs.
