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Originally Posted by paula.m.moore  Under natural conditions, a female chicken will lay her eggs and then sit on them to keep them warm so they can hatch into little chickens, I think it's called "going broody" or something like that. But many chickens used for egg production have had that instinct kind of bred out of them, to cause them to keep laying eggs instead of following the natural instinct to incubate and keep them warm so they can hatch. |
But you know what? NO bird that normally lays a clutch of eggs sits on their egg right after they lay it. They lay what the bird considers a full clutch and then start sitting - otherwise the chicks would hatch on different days. The taking of the egg is enough to make the bird lay another one rather than start to brood. That's still a natural instinct.