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Originally Posted by blackarrow  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. |
Yes, that's true, I know. THAT doesn't change the fact that chickens used for egg production today have had that instinct to "go broody" bred out of them so that they will keep laying and laying and laying and never brood.