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How to Check if A hen is broody (daring)

Name: How to Check if A hen is broody (daring)
Uploaded: 2026-03-18T18:32:01+00:00
Duration: 22 s
Channel: Justin Rhodes
Description: In this short instructional video, the presenter demonstrates a hands‑on method for determining whether a hen is broody. By attempting to collect eggs…

18 Mar 2026 · 0 min

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In this short instructional video, the presenter demonstrates a hands‑on method for determining whether a hen is broody. By attempting to collect eggs, the speaker observes the hen’s refusal to lay, noting specific behaviors: the bird growls, pecks at the handler, and puffs up its feathers. These actions are presented as clear, practical indicators that the hen is ready to sit on a clutch of eggs.

Look, I'll show you a daring way to know when your chicken is broody and ready to set on some eggs. Look, you go to get the eggs. She's not doing it. She's growling a little bit. Oh, oh, she pecking me! She pecking me! Also, watch this. If you come from this end, watch, she puffs up. See how she's puffing up? She growling at me. She turned around and pecking me there. She's ready to lay on some eggs!