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Definition of Broody hen
1. Noun. A domestic hen ready to brood.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broody Hen
Literary usage of Broody hen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Productive Poultry Husbandry: A Complete Text Dealing with the Principles by Harry Reynolds Lewis (1913)
"Several signs will enable one to pick out the broody hen. ... The non-broody hen
will leave immediately after laying and is easily disturbed when she is ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"A broody hen needs less food than at any other time of her life. ... The broody
hen should be fed with a view to inducing egg-production in the shortest ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"We conclude it is in consequence of this great demand for sitting hens, which
increases yearly, that the " broody hen trade " as we will term it, ..."
4. The Book of Poultry by Lewis Wright (1885)
"Tying a red rag round the' tail is a more innocent and often effectual way of "
breaking up " a broody hen ; but where the extent of the inconvenience is ..."
5. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"He climbed down the two ladders from his perch, took a lightning quick leak in
the manure channel, flew past the broody hen that tried pecking his speeding ..."
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